Lauter & Suter Co. v. Hildreth
Citation | 219 F. 753 |
Decision Date | 09 November 1914 |
Docket Number | 1257. |
Parties | LAUTER & SUTER CO. v. HILDRETH. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
George W. Lindsay, of Baltimore, Md., and Hector T. Fenton, of Philadelphia, Pa. (R. B. Tippett & Son, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellant.
George P. Dike, of Boston, Mass. (MacLeod, Calver, Copeland & Dike of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.
Before KNAPP and WOODS, Circuit Judges, and McDOWELL, District Judge.
The reasoning of the District Judge, by which he reaches the conclusion that the defendant's candy-pulling machine, operating under the Henry patent, is an infringement of the prior right of the complainant Hildreth, as assignee under the first claim of the Dickinson patent, leaves nothing to be added. While strong argument against it has been submitted, we think it remains unbroken.
It is necessary, however, to refer more at length to the finding by the District Court that the use of the Henry machine by the defendant is an infringement of the complainant's right as assignee under the seventh and eighth claims of the Jenner patent. The seventh and eighth claims of the Jenner patent are as follows:
After noticing the admission that these claims may be read literally upon the Henry patent, the District Judge thus clearly shows the infringement:
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