Legal Opinion
General Tire & Rubber Co. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided October 3, 1972No. Civil 36799, C 67-206PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BATTISTI, Chief Judge.
This is a rather complex patent case, perhaps the most protracted in existence anywhere in the world. 1 At issue is a patent on the invention of tire treads and tread stock made from very tough synthetic rubber to which large amounts of oil have been added to increase the yield and to improve processability. Since 1950 it has been known in the trade as oil-extended rubber (OER). The issues in this case are set out in Findings 13-16. Three representative stocks (Stock A, Blend 2, and Blend 5) are charged with infringement of ten representative…
2Cases cited88 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In re WyerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981
- Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH v. Dart Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1982
- Johns-Manville Corp. v. Guardian Industries Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1983
- Revlon, Inc. v. Carson Products Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- The General Tire & Rubber Co. v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. The General Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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