Legal Opinion

Max Daetwyler Corp. v. Input Graphics, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 20, 1985No. Civ. A. 81-1140PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this patent infringement and unfair competition suit in March, 1981. They allege that defendants have manufactured and sold a doctor blade (“Benton blade”) which infringes a patent held by plaintiff (“Daetwyler blade”) and that defendants have falsely represented the quality and nature of their doctor blade in violation of the Lanham Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). A doctor blade, the product at the center of this dispute, is a blade-shaped device for wiping excess ink from the printing surface used in the photogravure printing process. That…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Railroad Dynamics, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. A. Stucki Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  2. Litton Systems, Inc. v. Whirlpool CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  3. Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. BoileauSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Parkway Baking Co. v. Freihofer Baking Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
  5. James Burrough Limited and Kobrand Corporation v. Sign of the Beefeater, Inc. And Montgomery Ward & Co., IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Ppx Enterprises, Inc., Mod Music, Inc., and J.H. Records, Inc., Ppx Enterprises, Inc. v. Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc. And Dante J. PuglieseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  2. Herman Miller, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Palazzetti Imports and Exports, Inc., Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  3. Balance Dynamics Corporation v. Schmitt Industries, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  4. American Council Of Certified Podiatric Physicians And Surgeons v. American Board Of Podiatric Surgery, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  5. Barr Laboratories, Inc. v. Quantum Pharmics, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1993

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