Legal Opinion
Stephen N. Soffron, Etc. v. S. W. Lovell & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 1, 1957No. 5232_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellees, all of them dealers in shell fish, alleging that they had each received letters from counsel for the defendants-appellants threatening them with suit for infringing United States Patent No. 2,726,157, 1 brought this suit in the court below under Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 2 for a judgment declaring either that they were not infringing the above patent, or that it was invalid on the ground that the method of preparing sea clams to provide a fryable product covered by the: patent was known and had been in public use more than one year…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Peerless Roll Leaf Co. v. H. Griffin & Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- Tool Research and Engineering Corporation v. Honcor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Soffron v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1961
- Powell Manufacturing Co. v. Long Manufacturing Co.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1970
- Soffron v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1961