Legal Opinion
Trico Products Corp. v. Roberk Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 31, 1973No. Civ. No. B-323PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BLUMENFELD, Chief Judge.
Trico Products Corporation, assignee of Emory W. Lenz and Anthony C. Scinta, instituted this action against the Roberk Company charging it with infringement of U.S. Patent No. 3,153,254 (hereinafter Lenz patent) issued to it on October 20, 1964, for an alleged invention entitled “Windshield Wiper.”
The defendant denied infringement and counterclaimed for a declaration that the Lenz patent is invalid on two grounds: (1) that it is not non-obvious in view of the prior art; and (2) that its claims are overly broad. The court has…
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