Legal Opinion
Iron Fireman Mfg. Co. v. Industrial Engineering Corp.
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided March 21, 1936No. 1782PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, owner of patent to Garrison, No. 1,386,698, and another to Banfield, No. 1,778,349, sues for infringement. Plaintiff is a manufacturer of completely automatic stoker equipment for heating furnaces, and defendant sells control units intended to be placed on stokers of other make with the result that, when equipped with such control unit, they will perform the functions of and compete with the product of plaintiff. Defendant insists that the patents are invalid, but, if valid, not infringed.
*996The Garrison patent was granted August 9, 1921, on an application…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pickering v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- National Cash Register Co. v. American Cash Register Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1892
- Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co. v. BanningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
- Hoffman v. YoungUnited States Circuit Court · 1880
- Combined Patents Can Co. v. LloydDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- Iron Fireman Mfg. Co. v. Industrial Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937