Legal Opinion
Mygatt v. Zalinski
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided May 17, 1905PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Suit for the alleged infringement of a design patent for reflectors of artificial light No. 32,685, dated May 22, 1900, and granted to Otis A. Mygatt. The defendants’ counsel in his points says: “The defendants deny the validity of the patent, and they deny infringement. No other question presented by the’pleadings is of importance at this stage of the case.”
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The complainant claims “the design for a lamp shade or reflector, as herein shown and des'cribed.” The specifications say, among other things:
“My design consists in a new and original shape or configuration of an article of manufacture known as a ‘reflector’ or ‘shade’ for an artificial light, and in a new and original ornament or form of ornamentation of such a manufacture. * * * As shown in the drawings, the shape or configuration of my design is in general that of a frustum of a cone, A, with a central opening, above which is a circular collar or tube, B, with an…
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