Legal Opinion
Bird Provision Company v. Owens Country Sausage, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided August 6, 1974No. CA 3-2149, CA 3-2480PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., Chief Judge.
What in the ancient art of making fresh pork sausage is truly new — patent-ably new?
That deceptively simple question is at the heart of this hard-fought lawsuit charging the infringement of U.S. Patent 3,124,462, owned by the plaintiff Bird Provision Company. The patent covers a method of processing and packaging sausage in an air impermeable container (made of Saran film) within three and one-half hours after the hog is slaughtered and while the meat temperature remains above 80° F. 1
The defendants, Owens Country Sausage, Inc. (in CA…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bird Provision Co. v. Owens Country Sausage, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Nordberg Inc. v. Telsmith, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1995
- Pennwalt Corp. v. Akzona Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983
- Bird Provision Co., Cross-Appellee v. Owens Country Sausage, Inc., Cross-Appellant. Bird Provision Co., Cross-Appellee v. Clifford B. Owens, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978