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Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois
Mar 24, 1942
46 F. Supp. 675 (N.D. Ill. 1942)

Opinion


46 F.Supp. 675 (N.D.Ill. 1942) MERCOID CORPORATION v. MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR CO. MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR CO. v.  MERCOID CORPORATION.  Nos. 1839, 1842. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois March 24, 1942

        Langdon Moore and L. Kerans Moore, both of Chicago, Ill., for Mercoid Corporation.         Bair & Freeman, of Chicago, Ill., for Minneapolis-Honeywell.

        BARNES, District Judge.

        This cause coming on for hearing and trial having been had in open court, the parties having been represented by counsel and having presented evidence and made arguments, and findings of fact and conclusions of law having been entered, it is adjudged and decreed, that:

        1. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company is the owner of United States Letters Patent No. 1,813,732, issued July 7, 1931, to Edward E. Freeman, for Furnace Control.         2. Patent No. 1,813,732, to Freeman discloses invention and is valid (Civil Action No. 1839), and particularly as to claims 1, 4, 6 and 9 relied upon by Minneapolis-Honeywell (Civil Action No. 1842).         3. The Mercoid Corporation is a contributory infringer of claims 1, 4, 6 and 9 of the Freeman patent.         4. Minneapolis-Honeywell has been so using its Freeman patent as to tend to create a monopoly in an unpatented device.         5. Each of the complaints herein is hereby dismissed for want of equity.         6. Each of the parties pay one-half of the taxable costs.


Summaries of

Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois
Mar 24, 1942
46 F. Supp. 675 (N.D. Ill. 1942)
Case details for

Mercoid Corp. v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

Case Details

Full title:MERCOID CORPORATION v. MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR CO…

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Illinois

Date published: Mar 24, 1942

Citations

46 F. Supp. 675 (N.D. Ill. 1942)