ELECTRIC PIPE LINE v. FLUID SYSTEMS

No. 29, Docket 24536.

250 F.2d 697 (1957)

ELECTRIC PIPE LINE, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLUID SYSTEMS, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Nolan, Washington, D. C. (T. Clay Lindsey and John Prutzman, of Lindsey & Prutzman, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Edmond M. Bartholow, of Rockwell & Bartholow, New Haven, Conn., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, MOORE, Circuit Judge, and LEIBELL, District Judge.


CLARK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Electric Pipe Line, Inc., originally instituted this action for a declaratory judgment that its system for reducing the viscosity of heavy fuel oils did not infringe defendant's patented system designed for the same purpose. Plaintiff also maintained that defendant's patent, Lines No. 2,224,403, was invalid. Defendant counterclaimed for infringement, asking for damages and injunctive relief. The district court upheld the validity of...

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