Legal Opinion
American Salesbook Co. v. Carter-Crume Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York
Decided October 20, 1903No. 207PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This suit is brought to restrain infringement of patent No. 647,934, granted to Warren F. Beck, April 24, 1900, for an improvement in a manifolding sales book and holder. The defendants have demurred to the bill on the ground that the patent is void upon its face, and that it lacks invention or novelty. It is not disputed that manifolding sales books have long been in general use. Everything in the device described by the specification is practically conceded to have been old or fully covered by antecedent patents at the time of its invention, except that feature…
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- American Sales Book Co. v. Carter-Crume Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904