Legal Opinion
Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co. v. Standard Packaging Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 30, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 3320PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
OREN R. LEWIS, District Judge.
This suit was brought by Mahaffy and Harder Engineering Company for infringement of its patent No. 3,125,839 (hereinafter referred to as the Mahaffy ’839 patent).
The plaintiff, a New Jersey corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of vacuum packaging machinery, is the exclusive licensee of the Mahaffy ’839 patent.
The defendant, a Virginia corporation, has manufactured for it and sells and leases several models of vacuum packaging machines, including the 6-14 type machines which allegedly infringe the Mahaffy ’839 patent.
The plaintiff also…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Heyl & Patterson, Incorporated, and Cross-Appellee v. McDowell Company, Incorporated, and Norfolk and Western Railway Company, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Application of HallCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
- McGrath Holding Corporation v. AnzellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mahaffy and Harder Engineering Company v. Standard Packaging CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968