Legal Opinion
Charles T. Samuelson v. Bethlehem Steel Company. Bethlehem Steel Company v. Charles T. Samuelson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1963No. 19643PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Charles T. Samuelson, the plaintiff, appeals from the judgment in a patent infringement suit holding that his patent for a submersible offshore drilling rig, while valid, was not infringed by Bethlehem Steel Company’s structure. The defendant cross-appeals.
Before and immediately after World War II there was a well-recognized need for a self-contained mobile drilling platform which could be used for both drilling and exploration in the exposed offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. There were two principal types of structure then in use. The fixed structure was merely a…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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