Legal Opinion
Billy K. Watkins v. Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1980No. 78-3598PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA J. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Billy K. Watkins appeals the dismissal by summary judgment of his action for patent infringement. Watkins, a small Livingston, Illinois farmer, is the inventor and patentee of a tractor sled, a device used in contests at county fairs and other exhibitions to determine which trac- tor can pull the most weight. Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Association is a non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of sponsoring tractor pulls. It built two tractor pulling sleds, Heartbreaker I and Heartbreaker II, which Watkins alleges infringe his patent.…
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