Legal Opinion
Container Corporation of America, a Corporation v. M.C.S. Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1957No. 15433PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the District Court holding plaintiff’s patent in suit (No. 2,638,261) to be invalid. This patent discloses a Frozen Food Carton with Plastic Lid; i. e., a paper board open top carton, having a lap-joint extending to the upper edge of the carton, and a cover, having a peripheral downwardly extending recess for engagement with the top of the carton with the recess being twice as wide at the lap-joint to fit the double thickness of the carton wall at that point, as created by the lap-joint. The court found the patented device constituted…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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