Legal Opinion
Mid-Continent Inv. Co. v. Mercoid Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 1942No. 8008, 8009PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPARKS, Circuit Judge.
The original plaintiff, Mid-Continent Investment Company (hereafter referred to as Mid-Continent) charged the Mercoid Corporation (hereafter referred to as Mercoid), with contributory infringement of United States Combination Patent No. 1,-758,146 to Cross. The patent was issued May 13, 1930, on an application filed November 11, 1926. On June 2, 1932, it was assigned to Mid-Continent, subject, how ever, to an exclusive license, dated December 23, 1931, to Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company (hereafter referred to as Honeywell).
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