BOWSER, INC. v. FILTERS, INC.

No. 21466.

396 F.2d 296 (1968)

BOWSER, INC., an Indiana Corporation, Appellant, v. FILTERS, INC., a California Corporation, Engineered Fabrications, Inc., a California Corporation doing business under the style of Enfab, Inc., and Lucian W. Taylor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence E. Threedy (argued), of Threedy & Threedy, Bernard Hoban, Chicago, Ill., Lawrence Livingston, of Livingston, Borregard & Grant, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

L. N. Duryea (argued), of Duryea, Carpenter & Barnes, Santa Ana, Cal., Harlow P. Rothert, of Cushing, Cullinan, Hancock & Rothert, San Francisco, Cal., Donald R. Fraser, of Wilson & Fraser, Toledo, Ohio, for appellees.

Before DUNIWAY and ELY, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


THOMPSON, District Judge:

Bowser, Inc., owner of the Marvel patent for a fiber glass filter used in separating water from aviation fuel, brought an action for infringement against Lucian W. Taylor, the inventor of a competing filter, Engineered Fabrications, Inc., doing business as Enfab, Inc., who, under Taylor's control, did research on the development of the competing product and Filters, Inc., who manufactured it. The trial court found that there was no infringement...

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