Legal Opinion
Trimble Products Incorporated v. W. T. Grant Company, and Sears Roebuck & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 31, 1968No. 32543_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Trimble Products Incorporated brought this action seeking an injunction and damages for the alleged infringement by defendants Sears Roebuck & Company and W. T. Grant Company of its utility patent No. 2,908,021 and design patent No. 186,358, both of which relate to playpens for children. After a trial on the merits, Judge Motley found that the playpens sold by the defendants infringed upon Trimble’s patents, but held that although they were new and useful the patents were invalid because obvious from the prior art; additionally she held that the design patent was invalid because not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hotchkiss v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Trimble Products Inc. v. W. T. Grant Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
3Cited by5 opinions
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