Legal Opinion
Barrott v. Drake Casket Co.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 16, 1960No. Civ A. No. 3284PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs as owners of United States patent No. 2,593,717 issued April 22, 1952, and reissue patent No. 23,718 issued September 29, 1953, for improvements in a “casket carrying truck,” filed complaint alleging infringement of said patents by the defendant company. They asked for an injunction against further infringement of their reissue patent and for damages and costs of suit. The defendant answered, alleging invalidity of the patents because of prior-art anticipation and lack of invention and denying infringement.
In support of its claim of invalidity of patent…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Freeman Manufacturing Co. v. Federal Department Stores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1961
- William E. Barrott, Sr., and William E. Barrott, Jr. v. The Drake Casket CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962