Legal Opinion
Standard Coil Products Co., Inc. v. General Electric Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 6, 1962No. 367, Docket 27446PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Standard Coil Products Co., Inc., appeals from a judgment of the district court adjudging its patent Nelson No. 2,775,659 invalid for want of invention and alternatively not infringed by defendant’s accused television amplifiers. Since we conclude that plaintiff’s patent is invalid, we affirm. We reach this conclusion by analyzing the technical problems of television reception here involved to find a lack of adequate disclosure of any new invention and a lack of novelty in what was stated in the patent. This is substantially the approach of the trial…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Anton Lorenz v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Zoomar, Inc. v. Paillard Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- American Stainless Steel Co. v. Ludlum Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- A. B. Dick Co. v. BarnettCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Smith, Kline & French Laboratories v. Clark & ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by10 opinions
- Photo Electronics Corporation v. John M. England, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Ferrex Corporation, Photo Electronics Corporation v. Ferrex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Marvel Specialty Company, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. Bell Hosiery Hills, Inc., and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Metal Film Company v. Metlon CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1973
- I. U. Technology Corp. v. Research-Cottrell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.