Legal Opinion
Potter Instrument Co., Inc. v. ODEC Computer Systems, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 17, 1974No. Civ. A. 4711PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This is a patent infringement action in which the plaintiff has charged the defendant with infringement of two patents (Patent No. 26,240 “High Speed Printers with Column Spanning Hammers”; Patent No. 3,402,657 “High Speed Belt Printer with Printing Slug Supporting Means”) relating to the details of mechanical devices employed with printing machines, called “line printers” used to print the output information from computers and similar data processing equipment. The plaintiff seeks an injunction and accounting.
Jurisdiction is based on 35 U.S.C., 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a)…
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