Legal Opinion
Laitram Corporation v. Deepsouth Packing Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 26, 1968No. Civ. A. 67-861PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
Laitram sued Deepsouth claiming infringement of its patents on a shrimp deveining machine 1 and a shrimp vein remover. 2 Deepsouth answered that Laitram’s patents were invalid. Then it counterclaimed seeking a declaration that a third Laitram patent, on a machine for peeling shrimp, 3 was invalid. Laitram made a public dedication of the patent on the shrimp peeling machine. 4 Thereafter the following motions were-filed:(1) Laitram’s motion for summary judgment dismissing as moot Deepsouth’s counterclaim seeking a declaration of the invalidity of the patent for the shrimp…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. New Jersey Wood Finishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Filtrol Corporation and Texaco, Inc. v. The Honorable Robert J. Kelleher, United States District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Matter of Will of HesterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
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