Legal Opinion
Seal v. Bookkeeper Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1904No. 1,258PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit for the infringement of a patent, with the usual prayer for an accounting. The patent involved is No. 414,335, for an improved form of adding machine. It was applied for by Lester C. Smith, granted to his assignee, Charles H. Webb, and on January 19, 1894, became, by assignment, the property of Edwin R. Beach, one of the original complainants. In the latter part of July, 1900, Beach granted the complainant below, Nora Seal, an exclusive license to manufacture and sell the patented improvement for a period of three years beginning August 1, 1900. On July…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- St. Paul Plow Works v. StarlingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Stimpson Computing Scale Co. v. W. F. Stimpson Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
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- Rowland v. BieseckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911