Legal Opinion
Butex Gas Co. v. Southern Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1941No. 9890PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was on Claims numbered 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, and 17, of United States Patent Number 2121675, “combination fitting for gas dispensing systems”, for damages for and injunction against, patent infringement. The defenses were (1), a denial of invention in, and therefore of the patentability of, the device exhibited in the patent, (2) anticipation, and (3) a denial of infringement. There were findings of fact and conclusions of law that the claims were valid and infringed, and a judgment awarding plaintiff damages and an injunction.
Defendants, assigning various grounds…
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