Legal Opinion
Scovill Manufacturing Co. v. Roto Broil Corp. of America
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 26, 1969No. 65-C-637PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RAYFIEL, District Judge.
This action was brought by Scovill Manufacturing Company, assignee of the design patent in suit, against Roto-Broil Corporation of America (Roto-Broil) for (count 1) the alleged infringement of United States Design Patent 200,905, issued April 20,1965, for a power-operated knife, application for which had been made on June 29, 1964, and (count 2) for unfair competition arising from the alleged unauthorized use by the defendant of the phrase “the knife with the hole in the handle”, adopted by the plaintiff in its advertising to identify and promote the sale of the…
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