Legal Opinion
Thys Co. v. Oeste
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 25, 1953No. 6435PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEMMON, District Judge. ‘
Ecclesiastes tells lis ' that men “have sought out many inventions”. -Consequently — to paraphrase the same Preacher — of making many patents there is no end.
Frequently, however, patents have been improvidently granted. ’ In the words of Mr. Justice Douglas, “The Patent Office, like most administrative agencies, has looked with favor on. the opportunity which the exercise of discretion affords to expand .its own jurisdiction. ’ 'And so it has placed a host -of gadgets under the armour of patents — -gadgets'that obviously have had no place in the constitutional scheme…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Dow Chemical Co. v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by20 opinions
- R. M. Palmer Company v. Luden's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Stanley Works v. Rockwell Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Talon, Inc. v. Union Slide Fastener, Inc., Union Slide Fastener, Inc. v. Talon, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Bergman v. Aluminum Lock Shingle Corp. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Hunter Douglas Corp. v. Lando Products, Inc. Lando Products, Inc. v. Hunter Douglas CorpCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
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