PRICE-PFISTER BRASS MFG. CO. v. AMERICAN STANDARD INC.

No. 71-1832-DWW.

378 F.Supp. 334 (1974)

PRICE-PFISTER BRASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN STANDARD INC., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

April 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Flam & Flam, Fred Flam, Encino, Cal., Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht, Robert W. Fulwider, John M. Lee, John D. Bauersfeld, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, James M. Radnich, Randall L. Erickson, Los Angeles, Cal., Gottlieb, Rackman, Reisman & Kirsch, Jules P. Kirsch, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Price-Pfister Brass Manufacturing Company is the owner of three patents which relate to single-handled mixing valves, now widely used in bath and kitchen installations. The Hinderer-Lyon patent No. 2,977,986 (hereinafter the '986 patent) discloses a faucet of the flat plate type having a ported valve seat cooperating with a sliding valve plate permitting volume and temperature control. The plate is limited to...

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