Legal Opinion
Peerless Weighing & Vending Mach. Corp. v. International Ticket Scale Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 10, 1942No. 7767PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff sued for alleged patent infringement to which the defendant answered setting up patent invalidity and non-infringement, and further interposing as affirmative defenses laches, estoppel and release. On joint motion of the parties the District Court proceeded to a trial of the affirmative defenses. This resulted in the court’s dismissal of the complaint on the ground of laches (37 F.Supp. 582) and the plaintiff filed the pending appeal.
The facts material to the questions involved are not in dispute. The plaintiff, Peerless Weighing and Vending Machine…
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- White v. . HoytNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Heyman Cohen & Sons, Inc. v. M. Lurie Woolen Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Outlet Embroidery Co. v. Derwent Mills, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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