Legal Opinion
Griffith Rubber Mills, a Corporation v. Henry S. Hoffar
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1963No. 17544PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge.
Henry S. Hoffar sued Griffith Rubber Mills for the infringement of two patents (Nos. 2,859,830 and 2,877,860) relating to a muffler made of an elastomer. 1 Defendant counterclaimed for a declaratory judgment of invalidity of the patents. Both were found to be valid and infringed ; 2 Griffith appealed. Among the errors asserted was the failure of the District Court to grant Griffith’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that in view of the state of the art at the time of the issuance of the patents the mufflers which they described were not…
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