Legal Opinion
Frito-Lay, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Company
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 18, 1973No. Civ. A. CA 3-6671-EPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
MAHON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Frito-Lay, Inc., has brought suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02 (1970), seeking declaratory judgment of the invalidity and unenforceability of United States Patent No. 3,498,798 issued to The Procter & Gamble Company on March 3, 1970. The subject of the patent in question is,
“a package for chip-type snack food products and a method of packaging the chips. . . . The chips used are of non-planar shape and are first formed into the desired curved shape in a uniform manner to permit the chips to be stacked one upon the other to form a grouped…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Scophony Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Product Promotions, Inc. v. Jacques Y. CousteauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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- Idaho Potato Commission v. Washington Potato CommissionDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1976
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Murdock v. Volvo of America CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1975
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