Legal Opinion
Griswold v. Oil Capital Valve Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1966No. 8194PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the validity of two patents. The appellants, plaintiffs below, brought an action for infringement of two patents against the appel-lees. The appellees, defendants below, then sought a declaratory judgment that appellants’ patents were invalid and not infringed, and sought damages from the appellants for unfair competition and violation of the federal antitrust statutes.
The trial court found the patents invalid, and also concluded that appellants’ use of the invalid patents constituted unfair competition and a violation of the antitrust statutes on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- McCullough Tool Co. v. Well Surveys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Williams Iron Works Co. v. Hughes Tool Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Mott Corporation and C. W. Mott Research Engineers v. Sunflower Industries, Inc. And Owen Murrell CrumpCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Domer Scaramucci and William A. Moore v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Swofford v. B & W, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- The Eimco Corporation v. Peterson Filters and Engineering Company and Komline-Sanderson Engineering CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Elton M. Moore v. Walt Shultz, D/B/A Walt Shultz Equipment Company, and McGraw CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Flour City Architectural Metals v. Alpana Aluminum Products, Inc., Alpana Aluminum Products, Inc. v. Flour City Architectural MetalsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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