Blanchard's Gun-Stock Turning Factory v. Warner
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
At law. This was an action on the case [Blanchard’s Gun-Stock Turning Factory against Norman Warner] for the infringement of letters patent granted to Thomas Blanchard for “a machine for turning and cutting irregular forms.” The original patent was granted September 6th, 1819; but, it being deemed inoperative by reason of a defective specification, a new patent was granted for the invention, on the 20th of January, 1820, for 14 years from the latter day.
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At law. This was an action on the case [Blanchard’s Gun-Stock Turning Factory against Norman Warner] for the infringement of letters patent granted to Thomas Blanchard for “a machine for turning and cutting irregular forms.” The original patent was granted September 6th, 1819; but, it being deemed inoperative by reason of a defective specification, a new patent was granted for the invention, on the 20th of January, 1820, for 14 years from the latter day. Afterwards, by an act of congress passed June 30th, 1S34 (6 Stat. 589), the sole right was granted to the patentee to make, use and vend the…
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The motion for a new trial in this case was held over for advisement to enable the court to give further consideration to one of the questions presented — that in relation to the right of the assignees under their assignment from Thomas Blanchard, made prior to the extension of the patent by the acts of congress passed in 1834 [6 Stat. 589] and 1839 [6 Stat. 748]. It was insisted by the counsel for the defendant, that they took no interest thereby in tile extended term; and the chief ground relied on was, that an act passed for the benefit of the assignees would be…
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