Excelsior Steel Furnace Co. v. Williamson Heater Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States, for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Suit by the Excelsior Steel Eurnace Company against the Williamson Heater Company for infringement of patents, unfair competition, and fraudulent acquisition of trade secrets. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals. Decree reversed, in so far as it held one patent void.
1Opinion of the Court
KILLITS, District Judge.
The appellant, the Excelsior Steel Eurnace Company, whom we will hereafter designate as the plaintiff, sued the appellee, the Williamson Heater Company, a corporation, whom we will hereafter designate as the defendant, in the District Court on a bill charging infringement of two patents, unfair competition, conspiracy to infringe patents, fraudulent acquisition of secrets having to do with the mechanism, dimensions, and method of operating the patented machines and all other such machines not patented, and conspiracy to obtain such information. From the decree of the…
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