Legal Opinion
Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1952No. 7990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action seeking a declaration that the “Hook & Miller” boiler embodies none of the inventions cov^ ered by patent No. 2,247,796 and that, therefore, the patent is not being infringed by them. Defendant filed a counterclaim seeking damages for patent infringement and unfair competition and seeking other relief on equitable grounds. The issue of infringement, being the primary one, was tried separately by this Court sitting without a jury, and upon all the evidence, we make the following
Findings of Fact
1. Plaintiffs, C. Howard Hook and W. W.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Riehle v. MargoliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Morley Sewing MacHine Co. v. LancasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- C. Howard Hook and W. W. Miller, Individually and Doing Business as a Partnership Under the Name and Style of Hook & Miller v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Guayaquil & Quito Railway Co. v. Suydam Holding Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1957
- Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. Avco Manufacturing Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1954
- Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1953