Legal Opinion

Badowski v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided May 1, 1956No. 497-53PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff sues defendant for the infringement of his patent on an “Automatic Means for Opening Parachutes,” being United States Letters Patent, No. 2,365,445. The issue now presented is the question of infringement and validity. The amount of recovery is reserved for later determination in case the court finds that the patent is valid and has been infringed.

Defendant says, first, its structure did not infringe plaintiff’s patent; and, second, that the patent is invalid anyway, because anticipated by the prior art. We shall discuss these questions in the order discussed in the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  3. MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Dean A. Lyon v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
  5. Jeoffroy Mfg., Inc. v. William T. Graham. William T. Graham v. Jeoffroy Mfg., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Autogiro Company of America v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
  2. The Garrett Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
  3. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1977
  4. Ernest Samuel Nossen and E. S. Nossen Laboratories, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1969
  5. Badowski v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958

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