Legal Opinion
Metals Disintegrating Company, Inc. v. Reynolds Metals Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 13, 1956No. 11631_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for infringement of two patents, No. 2,002,891 and No. 2,-144,953, both used in the manufacture of aluminum paints. The District Court held both valid and found infringement of each from the date plaintiff purged itself of their prior misuse. D.C.D.Del. 1955, 130 F.Supp. 227. Appellant, contending that both patents are invalid for lack of invention, does not contest the claim of infringement if they are valid, but argues that, in any event, the District Court erred in fixing the date when purge was effected.
The setting of the controversy is this. The…
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