Hammond v. Marmon Automobile Co.

WINSLOW, District Judge.

This is an action in equity, brought by the plaintiff to restrain the alleged infringement by the defendant of plaintiff’s patent, No. 1,296,182, dated March 4, 1919, claims 1, 2, and 3.

The defendant contends (a) that the patent is invalid; and (b) that defendant does not infringe. Claims 1, 2, and 3 are as follows:

“1. The combination, with an instrument board for vehicles, of a series of instruments mounted upon the board and having flat faces, which are substantially flush with the face of the board, and a continuous sheet of transparent material applied to the face…