Comolite Corp. v. Davidowitz

COXE, District Judge.

This is a suit for alleged infringement of the Brown patent, No. 1,508,504, issued September 16, 1924, for a heel for boots and shoes, and the Gugger & Barentzen patent, No. 1,988,242, issued Jan. 15, 1935, for an artificial wood composition and method of making the same.

The patents are owned by the plaintiff, which is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling composition shoe heels made principally from sawdust. The defendant Jersey Wood Heel Corporation is the manufacturer of the alleged infringing shoe heels. The defendants Davidowitz, Dorfman and Forman are…