Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The decree of tlie Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York sustained letters patent No. 554,675, issued February 18, 1896, to Arthur W. Grant, for an improvement in rubber-tired wheels. The patent has been tlie subject of extensive and protracted litigation.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The decree of tlie Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York sustained letters patent No. 554,675, issued February 18, 1896, to Arthur W. Grant, for an improvement in rubber-tired wheels. The patent has been tlie subject of extensive and protracted litigation. It has been sustained by Judge Thomas, Rubber Tire Wheel Co. v. Columbia Pneumatic Wagon Wheel Co. (C. C.) 91 Fed. 978, by Judge Wing (unreporled)1, and by Judge Newman, Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Finley Rubber Tire Co. (C. C.) 116…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The' literature of the Grant patent, in so» far as it relates to the situation before the commencement of the present action, will be found in the prior adjudications. The arguments for and against the patent will be found admirably stated by Judge-Thomas in the Columbia Case and by Judge Lurton in the Goodyear Case, respectively. To this discussion little can be added on either side. We shall endeavor, therefore, to confine our attention mainly to the new facts and features which have been added to or developed from the records in the earlier cases.
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