Legal Opinion
Mas v. Coca Cola Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1952No. 6384PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant Coca Cola 'Company is the owner of a design patent on a beverage bottle issued on the application of one Kelly filed in the year 1937. On October 15, 1938, plaintiff, George N. Mas, applied for a design patent practically identical with that of Kelly. An interference was declared and in the course of the interference proceedings plaintiff claimed not only priority of conception and reduction to practice but also that he had made disclosure of his design to the Coca Cola Company in advance of the Kelly application. To prove the last contention, he introduced in evidence two…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mas v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Westinghouse v. HienCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1907
- In re Hoover Co.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1943
- McBride v. CoeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1943
- Mas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
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- Reyes Mejías v. ReyesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1954
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