Legal Opinion
United States Fastener Co. v. Bradley
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided February 16, 1906PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Action to restrain alleged infringement of United States letters patent and for an accounting. Defendant alleges that complainant’s patent is invalid, and pleads noninfringement and former adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The patent in suit, for “separable button,” No. 580,000, issued April 6, 1897, application filed September 8, 1888, was granted on application of Eugene Pringle, assignor to Madison D. Shipman and Charles E. Bradt, and contains six claims, only one of which is in question. The complainant is now the owner of the patent. The claim in question reads as follows:
“(1) A separable button-catch comprising an apertured washer and an eyelet having a shank of less diameter than the aperture of the washer and having two enlargements securing it in the aperture of the washer and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Russell v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Hughes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Gould v. Evansville & Crawfordsville R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Shaw v. . BroadbentNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by3 opinions
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