Legal Opinion
Charles Greiner & Co., Inc., D/B/A Philadelphia Cervical Collar Co. v. Mari-Med Mfg., Inc., William R. Burns, Paul W. Burns and Gary R. Burns
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 27, 1992No. 91-1192PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
In 1989, Charles Greiner & Co. sued Mari-Med Manufacturing for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,756,226, for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (1988), and for unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125. Greiner’s ’226 patent covers a two-piece cervical collar or neck brace. Greiner has registered the mark PHILADELPHIA CERVICAL COLLAR.
After a six-day trial, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island held that defendants had not infringed either the ’226 patent or the trademark, 754 F.Supp. 951. The trial court also determined that Greiner…
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