Brown v. Huntington Piano Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, District of Connecticut, sustaining United States patent No. 468,077, February 2, 1892, and finding infringement of its first and second (¿aims.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, District of Connecticut, sustaining United States patent No. 468,077, February 2, 1892, and finding infringement of its first and second (¿aims. The opinion of the Circuit Court is reported in 131 Fed. 273. To show more fully the mechanical combination of the patent, the following excerpts from the testimony of complainant’s expert may be here inserted: “The invention relates to mechanism for opening and closing the music desk of an upright…
1Opinion of the CourtLacombe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The field of invention is a limited one, and the patent, which is for a minor improvement in connecting mechanism to make the adjustment of the music desk automatic, must be confined closely to the precise combination shown. Nevertheless, despite the three prior patents relied on— Bourne, Eelldin, and Harper & Hoover, each being for connecting mechanism effecting such adjustment — -we are of the opinion that the patent is valid. The improvement is of no great importance. It was not necessary to the development of the piano as a musical instrument. It covers only a…
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