Legal Opinion

McKnight v. Akins

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 27, 1951No. 11262PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HICKS, Chief Judge.

The parties will be styled as they appeared in the court below.

Plaintiff Akins, a resident of Akron, Ohio was the owner of Patent No. 2,181,-163, for an “Adjustable Support for Buildings or the Like,” commonly called a jack post. Co-plaintiff, The Adjusta-Post Manufacturing Company, an Ohio corporation, was the owner of the trade-mark “Adjusta-Post.”

Plaintiffs sued defendant, McKnight, doing business in Cleveland as Fixag Post Engineering Company, a resident of Ohio, for infringement of the patent, for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Defendant McKnight, in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Littlefield v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Excelsior Wooden Pipe Co. v. Pacific Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Dill Mfg. Co. v. GoffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
  5. E. I. S. Mfg. Co. v. Supco Products Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1938

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  2. Garriga v. Tribunal Superior de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
  3. Joseph . Saunders/ v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Timothy D. Smith v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  4. Papazian v. American Steel & Wire Co. of New JerseyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1957
  5. James C. Wilborn & Sons, Inc., and Tilt Sash Corporation v. Brandex Tilt Sash, Inc., and Western Engineering TrustCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967

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