Paul E. Hawkinson Co. v. Goodman

JAMES, District Judge.

' This case involves claimed infringement of patent rights relating to the retreading of rubber tires used on automobiles of all kinds, including trucks. Claims 6 and 8 of patent No. 1,917,261 (method), and Claims 1 and 3 of patent No. 2,034,618 (apparatus), are involved. The trial of the cause occupied about three weeks’ time. It is not my *733purpose to do more than to state with as much brevity as possible my conclusions without reviewing in any detail the evidence.

Briefly, plaintiff, in his patent No. 1,917,261, claims to have discovered an improved method by which to…