Legal Opinion
Deere & Company v. International Harvester Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1981No. 80-2208PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This suit for patent infringement was instituted by Deere & Company (Deere) in April, 1976, as a result of the commercial introduction by International Harvester Company (IH) of its IH 800 series corn head. Deere alleged that IH infringed its Patent No. 3,589,110 (110 Patent) issued on June 29, 1971 to Dale Schreiner and Joseph J. Shindelar and assigned to Deere. 1 The 110 Patent is embodied in the Deere 40 series corn head and concerns the mounting and provision of power to devices used in harvesting corn.
International Harvester counterclaimed that the 110…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by28 opinions
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