Legal Opinion
Columbia Protektosite Co. v. Great American Plastics Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 4, 1953No. Civ. A. No. 52-348PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
In this action the validity of Patent No. 163.556 covering a design for a child’s toilet seat is the only issue. The defendants admit that their product infringes the patent if it is valid.
Findings of Fact
The three defendants are closely interrelatéd as to management and Ownership, and each is engaged in the manufacture or sale of the accused child’s toilet seat. Two of the defendants, although foreign corporations, -have agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of this suit.
The child’s toilet seat in question is of the general type that is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Smith v. Whitman Saddle Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Glen Raven Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Sanson Hosiery Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Knickerbocker Plastic Co., Inc. v. Allied Molding Corp. Knickerbocker Plastic Co., Inc. v. B. Shackman & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- White v. Leanore Frocks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Theodore W. Foster & Bro. Co. v. Tilden-Thurber Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912
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- Parkway Furniture Mfg. Co. v. Dav-O-Niter Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1955