Legal Opinion

Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 30, 1954PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

The Court has before it for review the Report of a Special Master which(1) holds U. S. Patent No. 2,577,710 invalid;(2) dismisses all counterclaims brought by defendant, Sales Affiliates, Inc., for infringement and damages; and(3) dismisses two consolidated infringement actions originally brought by the defendant in Texas.

In issue here, in four actions which were consolidated for trial, 1 is the validity and infringement of the McDonough U. S. Patent, issued on December 4, 1951, to Procter and Gamble as mortgagee of Sales Affiliates, Inc., the assignee of the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Corona Cord Tire Co. v. Dovan Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Alexander Milburn Co. v. Davis-Bournonville Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Park-In-Theatres, Inc. v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. The A. H. Emery Company v. Marcan Products Corporation, Marshall Control Products Corp., Hugh A. Mills, Ronald R. Marshall, and David E. GoldingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
  2. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. v. Tatnall Measuring Systems Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Rayco Manufacturing Co. v. Chicopee Manufacturing Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
  4. Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  5. United States v. Twin City Power Company of Georgia, Twin City Power Company of Georgia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958

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