Asbestos Felting Co. v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[In equity. • Bill by the Asbestos Felting Company, owners of a patent, against the United States & Foreign Salamander Felting Company, owners of a junior patent, for the cancellation of such junior patent, and for an injunction restraining the prosecution of suits on such patent.
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, owners of a senior patent, allege, in their bill, that the defendants are owners of a junior patent, which was issued after an interference had been declared, and testi*6mony had been taken, and the patent office had decided in favor of the subsequent applicant. The bill further alleges that the patents are in conflict; that the later patent was obtained through fraud, but in what manner is not set forth; and that the defendants have brought suits in Massachusetts for the infringement of .their patent. It also alleges the priority in time of the…
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