Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc. v. ARTHUR J. SCHMITT FOUND.
| Decision Date | 22 November 1968 |
| Docket Number | No. 24614.,24614. |
| Citation | 404 F.2d 13 |
| Parties | STOCKHAM VALVES AND FITTINGS, INC., Appellant, v. ARTHUR J. SCHMITT FOUNDATION and Morris Bean & Company, Appellees. ARTHUR J. SCHMITT FOUNDATION, Appellant, v. STOCKHAM VALVES AND FITTINGS, INC., Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Douglas Arant, Birmingham, Ala., Thomas F. Reddy, Jr., New York City, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., S. Leslie Misrock, Robert J. Kadel, S. R. Bresnick, Pennie, Edmonds, Morton, Taylor & Adams, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.
Leigh M. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., James M. Parker, Chicago, Ill., William C. Conner, Truman S. Safford, Curtis, Morris & Safford, New York City, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner & Clark, Birmingham, Ala., Garo A. Partoyan, New York City, Gary, Parker, Juettner & Cullinan, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
Before COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the District Court on December 9, 1963. The action alleged infringement of the following four patents relating to resin-coated sand as used in the making of molds for metal casting:
Patent No. Filing Date Issue Date Patentee
2,991,267 Apr. 10, 1957 July 4, 1961 X. L. Bean
2,914,823 Dec. 4, 1950 Dec. 1, 1959 X. L. Bean
2,706,188 July 5, 1952 Apr. 12, 1955 C. W. Fitko
& J. S. Horn
2,706,163 June 5, 1953 Apr. 12, 1955 C. W. Fitko
The first two listed patents are owned by plaintiff-appellee Morris Bean & Co., a foundry in Yellow Springs, Ohio; and the latter two are owned by plaintiff-appellee Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation, a non-profit Illinois corporation. The defendant-appellant Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc. is a foundry in Birmingham, Alabama which makes resin-coated sand and uses it for casting valves and pipe fittings.
The District Court declared all of the claims of the two Bean patents in suit valid and infringed, the single Claim 8 of the Schmitt Foundation patent No. 2,706,188 in suit valid but not infringed, and the four claims of the Schmitt Foundation patent No. 2,706,163 in suit invalid but infringed if valid. The defense of unenforceability due to alleged patent misuse was overruled as to all four patents. Defendant appeals from the rulings of validity and infringement of the two Bean patents, the ruling of validity of the '188 patent, the ruling of infringement of the...
To continue reading
Request your trial
-
Ab Iro v. Otex, Inc.
...1295 (D.R.I. 1970); Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation v. Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc., 292 F.Supp. 893, 907 (N.D.Ala.1966), aff'd 404 F.2d 13 (5th Cir.1968), cert. denied, 398 U.S. 965, 90 S.Ct. 2177, 26 L.Ed.2d 549 (1970); Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Continental Can Co., 273 F.Supp. 94, 11......
-
Steelcase, Inc. v. Delwood Furniture Co., Inc.
...5 Cir. 1975, 506 F.2d 880; Hobbs v. United States Atomic Energy Comm'n, 5 Cir. 1971, 451 F.2d 849; Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc. v. Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation, 5 Cir. 1968, 404 F.2d 13; Smith Industries International v. Hughes Tool Co., 5 Cir. 1968, 396 F.2d Directing how the statute s......
-
Reynolds Metals Co. v. Aluminum Co. of America
...35 U.S.C. § 271(c). Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation v. Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc., 292 F.Supp. 893, 906 (N.D.Ala.1966), aff'd 404 F.2d 13 (5th Cir. 1968), cert. den. 398 U.S. 965, 90 S.Ct. 2177, 26 L.Ed.2d 549 41. The alternate uses proposed by Alcoa for its D&I can stock are clearly les......
-
Kori Corp. v. Wilco Marsh Buggies and Draglines, Civ. A. No. 79-3636.
...of equity, 35 U.S.C. § 283; Arthur J. Schmitt Found v. Stockham Values & Fittings, Inc., 292 F.Supp. 893 (N.D.Ala.1966), aff'd, 404 F.2d 13 (5th Cir.1968), cert. denied, 398 U.S. 965, 90 S.Ct. 2177, 26 L.Ed.2d 549 (1970) ... and, in the discretion of the Court in an exceptional case, to an ......