Legal Opinion
Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. v. Mimex Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 5, 1942No. 126PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their complaint for the infringement of all the claims of Patent No. 1,582,219, issued on April 27, 1926, to Hopkinson and Dewey; and of all the claims of Patent No. 1,765,134, issued on June 17, 1930, to Dewey and Crocker. The judge held both patents invalid; he also held that the defendant did not infringe the first patent; infringement of the second patent is admitted. Both inventions are chiefly useful for hermetically sealing covers to the tops of tin cans. The first describes a cover with a circular groove or recess…
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