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V. L. SMITHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. O'BRIEN

Civ. A. No. P-2492.

227 F.Supp. 472 (1964)

The V. L. SMITHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. William P. O'BRIEN and William J. O'Malley, d.b.a. Illinois Wholesale Florist, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Illinois, N. D.

March 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richey, McNenny & Farrington, Cleveland, Ohio, Sours, Newell & Nicol, Peoria, Ill., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Jackson P. Newlin, Leiter, Newlin, Fraser, Parkhurst & McCord, Peoria, Ill., Hofgren, Brady, Wegner, Allen & Stellman, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MERCER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, The V. L. Smithers Mfg. Co., is the owner by assignment of United States Letters Patent No. 2,753,277, issued July 3, 1956, to Vernon L. Smithers relating to the manufacture of an absorbent material for floral arrangements. Plaintiff is engaged in the manufacture and sale of the patented product, namely, a hydrophilic floral foam, which it markets under the trade name "Oasis".

Defendants are wholesale florists, doing business...

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