Legal Opinion

Enterprise Mfg. Co. v. Shakespeare Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 11, 1944No. 9630PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

This case is with us on second appeal; this time from a decree of the District Court, 47 F.Supp. 859, awarding as reasonable royalty to appellant two and one-half percent on the amount of appellee’s sales of bait-casting reels, which were held, in <5 Cir., 106 F.2d 800, to infringe the valid claims of Case Patent No. 1,579,076.

The objective of claims 8, 9, 10, 11, which on the previous appeal were held valid and infringed, was said to be provision for a reel in which the level wind mechanism may be readily removed for cleaning or repairing without entirely disassembling…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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  3. Marconi Wireless Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Wagner Electric & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  4. Forest Laboratories, Inc., (Cross Appellant) v. The Pillsbury Company, (Cross Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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