Legal Opinion
Ackermans v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1953No. 6526PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a patent infringement suit in which damages were asked, not only for the infringement of the pat ent, but also for the use by defendant of the device of the patent in violation of the trust and confidence involved in a confidential disclosure while application for the patent was pending. The patent involved is Patent No. 2,549,153 relating to automatic tops for convertible automobiles. From judgment for defendant, the plaintiff has appealed.
There was nothing new in the use of automatic tops for convertible cars. Such tops consist of canvas stretched…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cochrane v. DeenerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Cantrell v. WallickSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Smith v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Hoeltke v. C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Fromberg, Inc. v. Jack W. ThornhillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Carl Otto v. Koppers Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Wheeling Steel Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Overman v. LoesserCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Carter Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Marvel Specialty Company, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. Bell Hosiery Hills, Inc., and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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