Legal Opinion
Farmhand, Inc. v. Russell O. Craven, D/B/A Craven Welding Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1972No. 71-1334PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Farmhand, Inc., owns Letters Patent No. 3,298,550 covering a “chain type” haystack mover. It brought an action for infringement against Russell Craven for the manufacture and sale of an allegedly similar device. 1 Though conceding the validity of plaintiff’s patent, Craven successfully defended in the district court on the ground that his hay moving machine was not an infringement. The district court found no infringement by Craven’s machine, dismissed the action and granted defendant attorney fees. On appeal we hold that the district court’s finding of no…
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