Blakey v. Kurtz
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
This was a suit in equity by Mildred Blakey against Jacob H. Kurtz for alleged infringement of a patent. The cause was heard on au application for a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, District Judge.
This is an application for a preliminary injunction to enjoin alleged infringement of letters patent No. 31.1,171, granted January 27,1885, to Mildred Blakey, for an improvement in thread protectors for wrought-iron pipes. Under a patent granted in 1890, the respondent or his company has been manufacturing thread protectors for five years and upward, has been in active competition with complainant, and both parties have had factories in this immediate locality. During that time the respondent has equipped a manufacturing establishment, and has acquired a very…
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