Legal Opinion
Parker Appliance Co. v. Irvin W. Masters, Inc.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided October 16, 1950No. Civ. No. 7874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESTOVER, District Judge.
The Parker Appliance Company is the owner of Parker Patent No. 2,212,183, which said patent covers a tube coupling. A tube coupling is composed of three members: (1) a body, (2) a nut, and (3) a sleeve. Plaintiff admits that the body and the nut are prior art. The validity of the patent depends on the sleeve.
Tube couplings are not new. Tube couplings have been used for many years. Sleeves, are not new in tube couplings. In fact, from the very beginning, sleeves have been used by inventors and manufacturers of tube couplings. Throughout the years the shape and form of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- General Electric Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Thompson v. BoisselierSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Long v. Arkansas Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Tipper Tie, Inc. v. Hercules Fasteners, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1955
- Long v. Arkansas Foundry CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- McCulloch Motors Corp. v. Oregon Saw Chain Corp.District Court, S.D. California · 1964
- Parker Appliance Co. v. Irvin W. Masters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
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