Legal Opinion
Japan Gas Lighter Association v. Ronson Corp.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 15, 1966No. Civ. A. 721-65PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOLAHAN, District Judge:
I. These motions arise from an action brought by plainiffs for a declaratory judgment of patent invalidity and non-infringement. The plaintiffs are the Japan Gas Lighter Association [Association], a group of forty-one Japanese manufacturers formed to market lighters; Kanamaru Shoten Ltd., an individual member of the Association; and Japan Gas Lighter Corporation [Lighter Corp.] an American subsidiary of the Association established to import and sell lighters in this country.
The patents challenged in this suit, U. S. Patents Nos. RE 24,163 and 2,882,-940…
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