Legal Opinion

Frederick v. Fowler v. Sponge Products Corporation

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 25, 1957No. 5210_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, entered on January 22, 1957, holding plaintiffs’ Letters Patent No. 2,667,653 valid and infringed.

The facts, as disclosed by the record and the opinion of the district court, are substantially as follows.

The patent in suit, No. 2,667,653, for Combined Mop and Wringer, was issued on February 2, 1954, to plaintiff-appellee Fuller Brush Company as assignee of Alfred L. LeFebvre. Plaintiff-appellee Sponge Products Corporation is a licensee under the patent. It was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Market Street Cable Railway Co. v. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Simms v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
  5. B. F. Sturtevant Co. v. Massachusetts Hair & Felt Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. John S. Kirby, D/B/A Quik-Chek of Indiana and Quik-Chek, Inc. v. P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
  2. L.W. Laird v. Integrated Resources, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  3. Boston Scientific Corp. v. Schneider (Europe) AGDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
  4. Rohm and Haas Co. v. Brotech Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1991
  5. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1974

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