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AMERICAN CAN CO. v. M. J. B. CO.

No. 786.

51 F.2d 761 (1931)

AMERICAN CAN CO. v. M. J. B. CO.

District Court, D. Delaware.

August 18, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Carpenter, of Chicago, Ill., and Ward & Gray, of Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Richard J. Cook, of Seattle, Wash., and William G. Mahaffy, of Wilmington, Del., for defendant.

NIELDS, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity brought by American Can Company against M. J. B. Company for infringement of United States patent No. 1,750,251, issued to John M. Young, March 11, 1930, for a "Combination Tearing Strip and Friction Closure Can." The defenses pleaded are invalidity and noninfringement.

The can manufactured by defendant for packaging coffee is the familiar round type of hermetically sealed tin can used as a container of food...

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