Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 29, 1979No. Civ. Y-71-1329PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
I. THE FACTS
Plaintiffs Board and Shapiro spend their spare time as inventors of automotive seat belt equipment. Plaintiff Board is a practicing psychiatrist, and Shapiro an engineer and a patent attorney. In the mid-1960s, the federal government required the installation of seat belts in all new cars sold in the U.S. market. Plaintiffs Board and Shapiro held patents relating to an automatic seat belt retractor, a device which locks seat belts into place and prevents their slippage while being worn by a passenger. In order .to realize a return on their…
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