Young v. Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan; Clarence W. Sessions, Judge. Suits by Leonard A. Young against the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company for infringement of two original and one reissue patents for refrigerator door latch and two design patents for latch casings.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan; Clarence W. Sessions, Judge. Suits by Leonard A. Young against the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company for infringement of two original and one reissue patents for refrigerator door latch and two design patents for latch casings. There was a decree finding infringement as to the two original latch patents and one design patent, finding the reissue of the patent invalid, and the other design patent not infringed, and the defendant appeals from the findings of validity and infringement and damages, and…
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
Young brought infringement suits against the Refrigerator Company (hereafter called the defendant), based upon patents for a door latch, numbered 928,030, issued July 13, 1909, to Crampton; patent No. 988,313, issued April 4, 1911, to Cramp-ton; reissue patent No. 14,205, issued October 17, 1916, to Young; and design patents, No. 46,305, of August 18, 1914, and No. 48,958, of April 25, 1916, issued to Young, for latch casings. The District Court sustained, and found infringed, claims 1 and 3 of No. 928,030, claim 5 of 988,313, and the single claim of the design patent…
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