SIMMONS COMPANY v. HILL-ROM COMPANY

No. 15139.

352 F.2d 886 (1965)

SIMMONS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HILL-ROM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

November 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Even, William E. Anderson, James J. Schumann, Anderson, Luedeka, Fitch, Even & Tabin, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Edward A. Haight, Chicago, Ill., Thomas M. Scanlon, Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Indianapolis, Ind., Haight, Simmons & Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and CASTLE and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

Simmons Company, plaintiff-appellant, the owner by assignment of Williams et al. U. S. Patent No. 3,081,463, relating to a motor operated hospital bed, brought suit in the District Court charging Hill-Rom Company, defendant-appellee, with infringement of Claims 1 to 6, inclusive of the patent. The defendant asserted invalidity of the patent and denied infringement. Following trial of the issues the District Court made and entered findings of...

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