GOODYEAR CO. v. RAY-O-VAC CO.

No. 262.

321 U.S. 275 (1944)

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC. ET AL. v. RAY-O-VAC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William E. Chilton and Albert R. Golrick for petitioners.

Messrs. Bernard A. Schroeder and Gerhard A. Gesell, with whom Messrs. Russell Wiles and Charles J. Merriam were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the validity and alleged infringement of the Anthony Patent No. 2,198,423, issued April 23, 1940. The District Court held the patent valid and infringed1 and its judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.2

The patent, a very narrow one in a crowded art, is for a leak-proof...

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