HUGHES TOOL COMPANY v. SMITH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Civ. A. No. 2809.

284 F.Supp. 908 (1966)

HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. SMITH INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Texas, El Paso Division.

December 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haight, Simmons & Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Odessa, Tex., and Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Wynne, Jaffe & Tinsley, Richards, Harris & Hubbard, Dallas, Tex., and Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy & Laughlin, Midland, Tex., for defendant.


GUINN, District Judge.

Findings of Fact

1. This is an action for infringement of United States Patent No. 3,075,781 relating to rotary drill bits for use in drilling for oil and gas and in similar mining operations. The Complaint charges defendant with having infringed the patent by its manufacture, sale and use of rock bits which embody the invention of the patent, and seeks injunctive relief and damages. The usual defenses, denying infringement...

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