TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO. v. CAPITOL SLATE COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 29062-29065, 29067.

221 F.Supp. 212 (1963)

TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO., Inc., Middle Granville, New York v. CAPITOL SLATE COMPANY, Inc., East Bangor, Pennsylvania. TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO., Inc., Middle Granville, New York v. NORTH BANGOR SLATE COMPANY, Bangor, Pennsylvania. TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO., Inc., Middle Granville, New York v. STAR SLATE, INC., Bangor, Pennsylvania. TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO., Inc., Middle Granville, New York v. ANTHONY DOLLY AND SONS INCORPORATED, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. TATKO BROTHERS SLATE CO., Inc., Middle Granville, New York v. STEPHENS-JACKSON COMPANY, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Borden, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Preston Swecker, Robert S. Swecker, Burns, Doane, Benedict, Swecker & Mathis, W. Brown Morton, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Virgil E. Woodcock, of Woodcock, Phelan & Washburn, Philadelphia, Pa., John C. Blair, Stamford, Conn., Robert A. Cesari, Robert A. Cahill, Blair & Buckles, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


GRIM, District Judge.

Plaintiff has brought suit against the five defendants for patent infringement. Defendants admit infringement, but deny the validity of the patent, claiming that it lacks invention over the prior art. The five actions were consolidated and tried non-jury.

The patent in issue covers a wood pallet or platform, rectangular in shape, used largely for the loading and transportation of finished...

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