Legal Opinion
Brock v. Brown
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 3, 1956No. Civ. No. 7725PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
United States Patent No. 2,675,644, for a “weeping doll” was issued on April 20, 1954, to plaintiffs as assignees of the applicants, Senior et al. Defendants, who are Baltimore toy dealers, purchased the accused doll from its manufacturer, Ideal Toy Corporation, of New York, which has assumed control of the defense of this suit and has raised the usual questions of validity and infringement.
The doll market is avid for novelties, especially dolls which simulate natural functions of a human baby. For many years there has been a demand for a weeping doll. Hoeffier and Hogan…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Brown v. BrockCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Baltz v. Walgreen Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1961
- Ransburg Corp. v. Automatic Finishing Systems, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Toy Ideas, Inc. v. Montgomery Ward & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1959
- Redman v. Stedman Manufacturing Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1960
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