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JOHNSON AND JOHNSON v. CAROLINA LEE KNITTING CO.

Civ. No. 982-G.

155 F.Supp. 414 (1957)

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, a corporation, James J. Purcell, Frank C. Beacham, and Lititz Knitting Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. CAROLINA LEE KNITTING CO., Inc., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court M. D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

October 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Ridge, Harris & Walker, Graham, N. C., Olson, Mecklenburger, von Holst, Pendleton & Neuman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Armistead Sapp, Greensboro, N. C., Paul & Paul, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

HAYES, District Judge.

This is a suit to restrain defendants from infringing Patent 2,702,998 to James J. Purcell and for an accounting. Defendants plead invalidity and noninfringement.

Application for the Purcell patent was filed Oct. 28, 1954 and patent issued March 1, 1955, for a surgical stocking.

The inventor recognized the state of the art by stating that "All surgical stockings * * * were formed...

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