Matthews & Willard Manuf'g Co. v. Trenton Lamp Co.

GREEN, District Judge.

There are pending four suits between the parties complainant and defendant, which relate to, and charge the infringement of, certain patented designs for lamps, or parts of *213lamps. Upon the argument they were treated as one controversy, and properly so; for. while the several distinct designs are for specific and separate parts of a lamp, it is perfectly feasible to arrange in any one lamp at least two of the designs (if not more), and tiie sale of a single lamp, so prepared, may in volved the infringement of the designs in question. The letters patent involved in this…