Legal Opinion
Swofford v. B & W, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1968No. 23861PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs (for convenience collectively referred to here as Swofford) brought this patent infringement action in March 1961 against B & W, Inc.1 The district court denied B & W’s motion to strike Swofford’s jury demand. On an interlocutory appeal we affirmed the action of the district court and held that Swofford was entitled to a jury trial on the issues of validity and infringement. Swofford v. B & W, Inc., 5 Cir. 1964, 336 F.2d 406, cert. denied, 379 U.S. 962, 85 S.Ct. 653, 13 L.Ed.2d 557. On remand, at the close of the evidence the questions of novelty, utility,…
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