Legal Opinion
G. S. Suppiger Co. v. Morton Salt Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1941No. 7356PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff sued defendant for infringement of its patent No. 2,060,645, covering a “tablet depositing machine.” Both validity and infringement of said patent were denied. After defendant had taken the deposition of two of plaintiff’s officers, it moved for summary judgment, and its motion was granted, upon the ground that the testimony showed plaintiff was using its patent to secure a monopoly of a non-patented article, to-wit, salt tablets.
The District Court, taking its guidance from the holdings in American Lecithin Co. v. Warfield Co., 7 Cir., 105 F.2d 207, 212; Leitch…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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