Legal Opinion
Hercules Powder Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 9, 1946No. Civ. A. 301PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, District Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment action. Defendant, charging plaintiff’s insecticide, “Thanite”, infringes claims 1, 2, 3 and 7 of defendant’s Heckert patent No. 1,808,-893, 1 manufactures and sells a number of compounds containing aliphatic thiocyanates under the name “Lethane”. “Lethane” is a mark registered as No. 251,904. Plaintiff seeks a declaration that the Heckert patent is invalid and not infringed. In addition, plaintiff charges defendant with unfair competition and violation of the antitrust laws by misuse of patent by attempted restraint of interstate commerce.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- White v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hartford-Empire Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- La Maur, Inc. v. L. S. Donaldson Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1961
- Application of PruttonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1952
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