TAPPAN COMPANY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 17088.

380 F.2d 888 (1967)

The TAPPAN COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Frigidaire Sales Corporation, and Halle Bros. Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

July 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Haight, Chicago, Ill. (Edwin E. Donnelly, Jr., Oberlin, Maky & Donnelly, Cleveland, Ohio, John W. Hofeldt, Haight, Simmons & Hofeldt, Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for appellant.

George N. Hibben, Chicago, Ill. (Hibben, Noyes & Bicknell, Chicago, Ill., Warren E. Finken, Detroit, Mich., Albert R. Teare, Teare, Teare & Sammon, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief, for appellees.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and O'SULLIVAN and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Chief Judge.

The Tappan Company, holder of two design patents covering electric cooking ranges, sought injunctive relief and damages against General Motors Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Frigidaire Sales Corporation, producers and marketers of a line of competing ranges, claiming both patent infringement and unfair competition1. Before trial the District Court granted General Motors' motion for summary judgment as...

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