Legal Opinion
Knight-Morley Corp. v. Ajax Mfg. Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 23, 1948No. Civil Action No. 6872PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICARD, District Judge.
Action by plaintiffs for claimed infringement of a mounting adaptable for holding a rear view mirror on the outside of an automobile. This is an “improvement patent” and plaintiffs not only claim infringement, but allege defendants guilty of unfair competition.
Defendants admit infringement of claim two of the alleged patent but deny they have infringed claim one; deny they have been guilty of unfair competition and principally insist that the structure is not patentable.
The questioned article is designed to fit on automobiles having a decorative molding strip along the…
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