HOPKINS v. WACO PRODUCTS

Nos. 50 C 48, 50 C 987.

107 F.Supp. 885 (1952)

HOPKINS v. WACO PRODUCTS, Inc. et al. ALAN'S SALES ENGINEERS, Inc. v. HOPKINS.

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

October 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Snyder, Chicago, Ill., for Earl F. Hopkins.

Mayer Goldberg, Goldberg & Levin, Dugald S. McDougall, Dawson & Ooms, Chicago, Ill., for Waco Products, Inc. and another.

Leo Klein, Chicago, Ill., for Alan's Sales Engineers, Inc.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

Each of these consolidated cases involves the validity of a design patent. No. 50 C 48 is a suit for infringement of the patent, to which plaintiff has joined "related" claims for unfair competition and violation of the Illinois Fair Trade Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. 1951, c. 121½, § 188 et seq. No. 50 C 987 is a suit to declare the patent invalid. A trial was had, and both cases were taken under advisement by the court.

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