Legal Opinion
Mas v. Coca-Cola Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1947No. 5582PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff in a suit instituted under R.S.4915, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, from an order dismissing the bill of complaint on the ground that plaintiff had not come into court with clean hands. The suit was one to have plaintiff adjudged entitled to a design patent on a beverage bottle which the Board of Appeals in the Patent Office, on appeal in an interference proceeding, had awarded to one Kelly, who had assigned his rights to the Coca Cola Company. The finding that plaintiff did not come into court with clean hands was based upon the fact that he had used…
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