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GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., INC. V. RAY-O-VAC CO., 321 U. S. 275 (1944)
321 U. S. 275U.S. Supreme Court
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. v. Ray-O-Vac Co., 321 U.S. 275 (1944)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. v. Ray-O-Vac Co.
No. 262
Argued February 2, 3, 1944
Decided February 28, 1944
321 U.S. 275
Syllabus
1. Concurrent findings of the District Court and the Circuit Court of Appeals in a patent infringement suit will not be set aside unless clearly erroneous. P. 321 U. S. 278.
2. Anthony Patent No. 2,19,423, Claims 1, 2 and 3, for a leakproof dry cell for a flashlight battery, held valid and infringed. P. 321 U. S. 278.
3. Defenses based on insufficiency of description of the invention and on file-wrapper estoppel are not supported by the evidence. P. 321 U. S. 279.
136 F.2d 159 affirmed.
Certiorari, 320 U.S. 727, to review the affirmance of a decree for the plaintiff (45 F.Supp. 927) in a suit for infringement of a patent. clubjuris