Legal Opinion

Sperti Products, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided August 17, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 2700PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STEEL, District Judge:

This is a patent infringement action of which the Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1338.

Plaintiff, The Institutum Divi Thomae Foundation (hereinafter “Foundation”) is the owner, and plaintiff, Sperti Products, Inc., originally organized under the name of Sperti Foods, Inc., claims to be the exclusive licensee, of the three patents in suit. The defendant, The Coca-Cola Company, through its wholly owned Minute Maid Division, has produced frozen concentrated orange juice by methods which plaintiffs claim to have infringed the patents. The defenses are…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  3. Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. BrennerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Struthers Patent Corp. v. Nestle Co., Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1981
  2. Sperti Products, Inc. v. The Coca Cola Company, Sperti Products, Inc. And the Institutum Divi Thomae FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  3. California Car Wash Systems, Inc. v. Danco, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1972
  4. Chandler v. STERN DENTAL LABORATORY COMPANYDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1971
  5. Lodge & Shipley Co. v. Holstein & KappertDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970

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