Legal Opinion
Lemelson v. Fisher Price Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 17, 1982No. 81 Civ. 4509PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Jerome H. Lemelson, commenced this action against defendant, Fisher Price Corporation, for infringement of a patent covering a sound-producing bellows for use in noise-making toys. The patent was issued on June 20, 1961; it expired on June 20, 1978.
The defendant moves for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the ground that because it was not notified of the alleged infringement until after the patent expired, plaintiff, as a matter of law, may not recover damages even assuming infringement. The…
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