Legal Opinion
B. F. Goodrich Co. v. United States Rubber Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 12, 1956No. Civ. 7501PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.
This is an action for alleged infringement by defendant of plaintiff’s 1 patent No. 2,587,470, issued February 26, 1952, on an application filed in the Patent Office on December 14, 1946. For convenience, the patent in suit will sometimes be referred to as the Herzegh patent.
The answer denied infringement and set up the usual 2 defenses of prior knowl edge and use; disclosures in printed publications more than one year prior to the application date; lack of novelty; and that the claims are directed to an aggregation of old and well-known elements, obvious to…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Diamond Rubber Co. of New York v. Consolidated Rubber Tire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Technograph Printed Circuits, Ltd. v. Bendix Aviation Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1963
- Application of Frantz Lund and Wagn Ole GodtfredsenCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- The B.F. Goodrich Company v. United States Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Diamond International Corporation v. WalterhoeferDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
- Martin-Marietta Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
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