Legal Opinion
Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Clair
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1941No. 12090, 12091PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
These are patent infringement cases. The patented devices and the accused devices are the same in each. The cases were consolidated for trial and appeal and are presented here on a single record. For this reason they may appropriately he disposed of in one opinion.
The appeals by the defendants are from final decrees granting injunctions and judgments for damages. See opinion of the district court in 36 F.Supp. 664. The defenses are invalidity, non-infringement, and laches.
The petitions each alleged infringement of two patents owned by plaintiffs: the Dyer patent, No.…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Menendez v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- MacHine Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Jamesbury Corp. v. Litton Industrial Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- McCullough Tool Co. v. Well Surveys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- Studiengesellschaft Kohle Mbh, as Trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut Fur Kohlenforschung v. Eastman Kodak CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Livesay Industries, Inc. v. Livesay Window Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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