BLOHM & VOSS AG v. PRUDENTIAL-GRACE LINES, INC.

No. 73-1058.

489 F.2d 231 (1973)

BLOHM & VOSS AG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PRUDENTIAL-GRACE LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Harkins, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Robert A. Shelton, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, George J. Harding, 3rd, Frank A. Follmer, Lloyd R. Ziff and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Francis I. Carr, New York City (J. Cookman Boyd, Jr., Sauerwein, Boyd & Decker, Baltimore, Md., Douglas G. Brace, Arthur D. Gray and Kenyon & Kenyon, Reilly, Carr & Chapin, New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc., presents the court with three issues:

I. Whether the district court, 346 F.Supp. 1116, erred in determining that plaintiff-appellee's patent is valid as against the defenses of (1) obviousness and (2) failure to recite a necessary structure.

II. Whether the district court erred in determining that defendant-appellant's ship cargo gear infringes appellee...

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