Legal Opinion
Broome v. Hardie-Tynes Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1937No. 8451PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This suit was for injunction, for accounting, and for damages for infringement of letters patent Nos. 1,306,370 and 1,-603,406 for sluice gates. The claim was that defendant, without leave or license from plaintiffs, and in defiance of the patents, had made and sold, and was making and selling, devices embodying the inventions described in them.
Defendant denied infringement, and put the validity of the patent at issue. The defense on which the case went off was that the only thing being done by the defendant, having any relation whatever to the patents in suit, was…
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- J. & G. DEVELOPMENT COMPANY v. All-Tronics, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1961
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