Legal Opinion
Locklin v. Switzer Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1961No. 16780PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, doing business in California as Radiant Color Company, are manufacturers of fluorescent paints. They have taken this appeal from a judgment determining that they have infringed a patent held by appellee. The parties hereafter shall be referred to as “Radiant” (appellants) and “Switzer” (appellee) .
Suit was originally brought by Radiant. It had been notified by Switzer that certain of its pigments infringed Switzer’s resin patent number 2,808,954. This action was brought seeking declaratory relief: a determination that the patent in question was invalid and…
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