Fox v. Perkins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. In Equity. Bill by William R. Fox against Harford J. Perkins, William J. Perkins, and Joseph W. Oliver for infringement of a patent. Decree for defendants. Complainant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity, brought by appellant against appellees for the alleged infringement of reissued letters patent No. 11,062, granted to William R. Fox, February 25, 1890, for certain new and useful “improvements in miter cutting machines.” The defenses chiefly relied on are that the supposed invention was described in previous patents; that, in view of the state of the art, the device claimed as new was not a patentable invention; and that, upon a proper construction of the patent, the defendants do not infringe it. The circuit court entertained doubts whether,…
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