Legal Opinion

Newport Industries, Inc. v. Crosby Naval Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 12, 1944No. 10720PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, plaintiff below, sued appellees for infringement of four patents having reference to wood rosin manufacture, and by amendment also sought to enjoin the use of trade secrets alleged to have been obtained from appellant’s former confidential research chemist now in appellees’ employ. The decree in the District Court found the patents valid but not infringed, and dismissed the claim as to trade secrets. The appeal is confined to two patents and the trade secrets claim.

The patents thus brought before us are No. 1,807,599, entitled Process of Purifying Rosin,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Morley Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Price-Trawick, Inc. v. Gas Lift Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  4. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. George Scharmer v. Carrollton Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
  2. Darsyn Laboratories, Inc. v. Lenox Laboratories, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1954
  3. Katz v. Horni Signal Mfg. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  4. Kleinman v. Betty Dain Creations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  5. River Brand Rice Mills, Inc. v. General Foods CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964

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