Legal Opinion
Jorgen v. Kierulff v. Metropolitan Stevedore Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1963No. 17638_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an action filed by appellant here (plaintiff below) for infringement of United States Patent No. 2,919,042, issued December 29, 1959. Application therefor was filed October 8, 1956. The invention related to a shiploading device 1 and, in particular, to a device for loading scrap metal in the hold of a ship. The answer set up defenses of invalidity, license, lack of infringement, and laches constituting estoppel.
The invalidity was urged on several theories — the indefiniteness of language in Claim 1; lack of invention; prior use; prior art, etc. But primarily the…
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