Legal Opinion
North Star Ice Equipment Company v. Akshun Manufacturing Company, a Corporation, and Kent Industries, Inc., Acorporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 24, 1962No. 13443_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
This suit is a declaratory judgment action asking the Court to declare United States Patent No. 2,659,212 invalid and not infringed by North Star’s ice-removal tool, method of removing ice and ice-machine combination, and that Patent No. 2,683,357 is invalid and not infringed by North Star’s ice-machine overflow trough. These patents are owned by defendant Akshun Manufacturing Company (Akshun). Kent Industries, Inc. (Kent) manufactured and sold ice machines and was a licensee under the two Akshun patents mentioned.
On September 8,1950, Gerald Lees filed a patent…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Weber Electric Co. v. E. H. Freeman Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Independent Pneumatic Tool Co. v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Lees v. Akshun Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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- Fred L. Nelson v. D. M. BatsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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