GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Civil Nos. 36799, C 67-206.

349 F.Supp. 345 (1972)

The GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant. The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Plaintiff. v. The GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court. N. D. Ohio, E. D.

As Amended September 10, 1972.

Judgment Order October 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McCoy, Jr., McCoy, Greene & Howell, Cleveland, Ohio, Charles J. Merriam, Edward M. O'Toole, Carl E. Moore, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Edward B. Beale, Clyde V. Erwin, Beale & Jones, Washington, D. C., Cletus G. Roetzel, Richard E. Guster, Wise, Roetzel, Maxon, Kelly & Andress, Akron, Ohio, for General Tire & Rubber Co.

Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, Victor DeMarco, Robert W. Poore, and James E. Courtney, Patrick F. McCarten, Robert J. Hoerner, Cleveland, Ohio, Stanley M. Clark, David A. Thomas, Akron, Ohio, for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.


Judgment Order October 3, 1972. See 351 F.Supp. 872.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BATTISTI, Chief Judge.

This is a rather complex patent case, perhaps the most protracted in existence anywhere in the world.1 At issue is a patent on the invention of tire treads and tread stock made from very tough synthetic rubber to which large amounts of oil have been added to increase the yield...

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