Legal Opinion
Thomas E. Bryan v. Sid W. Richardson, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1958No. 16389_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal tests the correctness of the District Court’s decree upholding va lidity of the dominant patent; 1 162, and the continuation in part patent 903 and infringement on both by Bryan’s device.
While Bryan’s attack below took the full range of the typical infringer’s defense, the case, after full trial and findings, comes to us considerably narrowed down. '
The patents relate to the field of gas lift in the production of oil, the importance of which is attested by hiany such patents with which we have dealt. 8 In dealing, as most of them did, with the flow…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Temco Electric Motor Co. v. Apco Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Livesay Window Company, Inc. v. Livesay Industries, Inc., and Everett G. Livesay Window Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Karl Ziegler, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- National Latex Products Company v. Sun Rubber Company, Akron Presform Mold Company v. Sun Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- Thurber Corporation v. Fairchild Motor Corporation and Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Industrial Instrument Corporation v. The Foxboro CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Rohm and Haas Co. v. Dawson Chemical Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
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