Legal Opinion
Orr v. Skilsaw, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1941No. 7666PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decree dismissing for want of equity Patentee Orr’s suit to recover damages for the alleged infringement of two reissue patents on portable electric grass trimmers or cutters. No. 21,274, the first patent in suit, is dated November 21, 1939. It is a reissue of Orr’s original patent No. 2,149,463 which was applied for on February 4, 1935, and dated March 7, 1939. No. 21,289, the other patent in suit, is dated December 5, 1939. It is a reissue of plaintiff’s original patent No. 2,153,771 which was applied for on May 4, 1936, and dated April 11, 1939.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Reckendorfer v. FaberSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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- Curtis Companies, Inc. v. Master Metal Strip Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- In re RedwineDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1944
- Losee Products Co. v. Black & Co.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1949