Legal Opinion

American Safety Table Co. v. Schreiber

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 19, 1959No. Nos. 16,17, Dockets 24959, 24960PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

These are cross-appeals in two companion cases involving questions of patent validity and infringement with reference to two of plaintiff’s patents and a charge of unfair competition. The cases were tried together, but separate judgments were entered. Both patents were held valid and infringed, plaintiff was awarded counsel fees in the suit on the second patent, under 35 U.S.C. § 285, and the unfair competition charge was dismissed, but solely on the ground that, in the opinion of the trial judge, plaintiff’s machines had not “acquired a secondary significance in the…

2Cases cited104 opinions

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Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
Sanitary Refrigerator Co. v. WintersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896

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Miller Brewing Company v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
Blisscraft of Hollywood v. United Plastics Company, Marmax Products Corp., and Morris Shapiro, Doing Business as Great Eastern Housewares CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
R. G. Smith, Doing Business Under the Name and Style of Ta'ron, Inc., and International Fragrances, Inc. v. Chanel, Inc., and Chanel Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
Speedry Products, Inc. v. Dri Mark Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
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