Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1937No. Nos. 35, 36PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
These cases involve the validity of the Smith Patent No. 1,262,860, of April 16, 1918, and more particularly the question whether Smith was anticipated by the prior use of the patented invention by Hastings.
In Smith v. Snow, 294 U. S. (1935), we held the patent valid and infringed. But in that case the Hastings prior use was not presented or considered. At that time the present infringement suits brought by petitioner against respondents Hall and James were pending in the district courts for Connecticut and for Western New York, respectively. In view of the definition given to the patent by…
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