LEMELSON v. TOPPER CORPORATION

Nos. 28, 29, Dockets 71-1253, 71-1314.

450 F.2d 845 (1971)

Jerome H. LEMELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOPPER CORPORATION (by change of name from DeLuxe Reading Corporation) and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot S. Gerber, New York City (Wyatt, Gerber & Shoup and Arthur T. Fattibene, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

David H. T. Kane, New York City (Kane, Dalsimer, Kane, Sullivan & Kurucz and Siegrun D. Kane and Gerald Levy, New York City, of counsel), for appellee Topper Corp.

Before MOORE, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

Jerome H. Lemelson appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing his complaint for patent infringement.1 Topper Corporation2 cross-appeals from that part of the court's order adjudging Lemelson's patent valid.

Lemelson was issued a patent on a toy gun containing a mechanism which simulates the sound of a ricocheting...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases