Legal Opinion
Porter v. Farmers Supply Service, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 7, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-527 CMWPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
This action for patent and trademark infringement arises out of Farmers Supply Service’s (hereinafter “Farmers Supply”) sale of replacement disks (or puller blades) for Porterway Tomato Harvesters which are manufactured by Porterway Harvester Manufacturing Co. (hereinafter “Porter-way”). The patent in question — Patent No. 3,999,613 (hereinafter “ ’613 patent”) — was issued to Wellington Porter under the title “Tomato Harvester Header.” The ’613 patent contains a series of combination claims describing a harvester header and the header’s use in…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Porter v. Farmers Supply Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
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- Dana Corporation v. American Precision Company, Inc. And Illinois Auto Truck Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
- Mueller Co. v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 2005
- Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC v. Danbury Pharmacal, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1990
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