Legal Opinion
Aeration Processes, Inc. v. Walter Kidde & Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1948No. Civ. A. 2890PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
Plaintiff sued defendants for infringement of two patents. On the trial it agreed to dismiss the amended complaint as to the two individual defendants and limit the issue to the validity and infringement of Getz Patent No. 2,294,172. The three corporate defendants pleaded the invalidity of this patent.
Defendants Walter Kidde & Co., Inc. and Food Devices, Inc. alleged that they have not been properly served with process and the court is without jurisdiction over them. Both defendants, however, answered and took part in the trial. By so doing they waived their right to…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Berkey v. Third Avenue Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Aeration Processes, Inc. v. Walter Kidde & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Aeration Processes, Inc. v. Lange Lange v. Aeration Processes, IncCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
- Hall v. KellerDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1949
- Freedman v. FriedmanDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1956
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