Legal Opinion
Up-Right, Inc. v. Safway Products, Inc. And R. D. Werner Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1963No. 19286_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.
Suit for infringement of United States Letters patent No. 2,438,173 relating to portable, collapsible scaffolding units was brought against Safway Products, Inc., a distributor of the accused Aldek Scaffold. R. D. Werner Co., Inc., the manufacturer of the Aldek scaffold, was permitted to intervene. The charge of infringement was limited to claims 1 and 2 of the patent in suit. 1 Two general issues, in validity and infringement, panned out of the prolix pleadings so often prevalent in patent litigation. The issue of infringement involved the subsidiary issue of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Stewart-Warner Corp. v. Lone Star Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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- Harrington Manufacturing Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Idas B. White, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Acme Highway Products Corporation v. The D. S. Brown Company and Delmont D. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Joseph K. McCutchen v. The Singer Company and Kingston Mills, Inc., the Singer Company and Kingston Mills, Inc. v. Joseph K. McCutchenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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