Legal Opinion
Systematic Tool & MacH. Co. v. Walter Kidde & Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 21, 1975No. Civ. A. 70-1708PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FOGEL, District Judge.
I. HISTORY OF THE CASE AND STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES
A. PROCEDURAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE ACTION
This is an action for infringement of United States Letters Patent 3,369,582 (the “’582 patent”). The patent was granted on February 20, 1968, to Clayton Giangiulio for a “Tomato Slicer”, a hand-operated device which can make multiple slices of tomatoes for the food service industry with rapidity and efficiency. Plaintiffs claim that two tomato slicers marketed by Walter Kidde & Company infringe upon their rights under the ’582 patent. They seek an injunction and…
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