Legal Opinion
Malsbary Manufacturing Company v. Ald, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 1971No. 18655_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement suit brought by the patentee, Tompkins, and two of the licensees under Tompkins’ patent No. 2,896,857 1 against defendant ALD, Incorporated, a distributor of automobile washing apparatus.
The Tompkins patent in suit relates to “washing apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for use in washing vehicles * * * which includes a movable carriage adapted to travel around a trackway * * * so that all of the various surfaces of the vehicle can be thoroughly and effectively washed.”
Only Claim 5 of the patent in suit is alleged to be…
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