Legal Opinion
Dock & Terminal Engineering Co. v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 7, 1936No. 5757PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below suit was entered against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (hereafter called railroad) by the owners of patent No. 1,089,405 (hereafter called patentees), applied for March 5, 1909, and granted March 10, 1914, to William S. Ferguson, for reinforced concrete dock or pier. The suit was begun March 3, 1931, one week before the expiration of the patent and some twelve years after the alleged infringement by railroad came to the attention of patentees. The railroad defended, inter alia, on the ground of laches of the plaintiff. The court below decided…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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