Legal Opinion

Appleton Electric Company v. Efengee Electrical Supply Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 23, 1969No. 17304_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CASTLE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action in the district court charging defendant with infringement of plaintiff’s Appleton United States patent number 2,917,263. Defendant filed an answer and a motion for summary judgment, alleging that the relevant claims 3 and 5 of the above patent, which were charged by plaintiff to have been infringed, were invalid. Plaintiff opposed defendant’s motion and filed its own motion for summary judgment. The district Court granted defendant’s motion and denied plaintiff’s, the latter of whom brought this appeal.

Patent 2,917,263 covers a “bar…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  3. Universal Oil Products Co. v. Globe Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  4. Formal Fashions, Inc., and Paul Kellner v. Braiman Bows, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  5. Walt Disney Productions v. Fred A. Niles Communications Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Deep Welding, Inc. v. Sciaky Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  2. Popeil Brothers, Inc. v. Schick Electric, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  3. Uarco Incorporated, a Corporation v. Moore Business Forms, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
  4. Centsable Products, Inc. v. Jerome H. LemelsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  5. Harry Fredman v. Harris-Hub Company, Inc., Harry Fredman v. Estee Sleep Shops, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971

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