Legal Opinion
Harrington Manufacturing Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Idas B. White, Defendant-Appellee-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1973No. 71-2032PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
On June 27, 1967, the United States Patent Office issued Patent No. 3,327,745, to Fred W. Meece and Frank B. Dew, both of Plymouth, North Carolina. The patent covered a hydraulically powered “tree cutter device”. On October 2, 1968, this lawsuit was filed by Meece and Dew’s assignee, the Harrington Manufacturing Company, seelcing damages and appropriate injunctive relief from Idas B. White for the latter’s alleged infringement of the Meece-Dew patent. In addition to denying infringement, White asserted the invalidity of the Meece-Dew patent as a positive defense.…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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