PLASTIC CONTACT LENS COMPANY v. BUTTERFIELD

No. 20212.

366 F.2d 338 (1966)

The PLASTIC CONTACT LENS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. George H. BUTTERFIELD, Sr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dugald S. McDougall, Irwin Panter, Chicago, Ill., James C. Dezendorf, Portland, Or., Carl Hoppe, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

R. R. Bullivant, Douglas G. Houser, Portland, Or., Collins Mason, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before POPE, BROWNING, and ELY, Circuit Judges.


ELY, Circuit Judge:

Each of the parties owns a patent pertaining to the design and construction of corneal contact lenses. Appellant, the defendant below and hereinafter called Plastic, holds the rights to the so-called Tuohy patent, Number 2,510,438. It is senior to that called the Butterfield patent, Number 2,544,246, owned by George H. Butterfield, Sr. As plaintiff, Butterfield was successful in the court below, and Plastic appeals.

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