Legal Opinion
Thurber Corporation v. Fairchild Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1959No. 16938_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent case involving the validity and infringement of five patents relating to automobile transmissions. Thurber complains that his 500 and 253 patents (issued 1936 and 1942) were infringed by the Ford overdrive transmission, and that his 772, 549 and 550 1 (issued ten years later) were infringed by the Fordomatic transmission. The jury thought otherwise, verdict and judgment were accordingly entered for defendant-Ford, and Thurber appeals.
Unlike the usual patent case, however, we need consider neither the mechanics of these complex devices nor involved…
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