Legal Opinion
The Triax Company v. Hartman Metal Fabricators, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 31, 1973No. 35, 36, Dockets 71-1843, 71-1978PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
In this action The Triax Company alleges that three of its patents relating to automatic “stacker” machines it manufactures for use in its patented automated warehousing system were infringed by the “stackers” the defendant Hartman Metal Fabricators, Inc. has manufactured, sold, and installed in warehouses. Hartman defends on the ground that the three Triax patents are invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103; and that, even if they are valid, they are not infringed. The three patents in suit (a Lemelson patent and two Chasar patents) describe an automated…
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