Legal Opinion
L. M. Leathers' Sons v. Goldman
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 19, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 12841PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN, District Judge.
The plaintiff brings this action against Goldman for infringement of the Tufts Patent No. 2,590,738, issued March 25, 1952. Plaintiff acquired the patent by assignment.
The alleged invention here is a “Slip Resistant Pants Guard for Coat Hangers.” The claim of the patent is on the application of a “film of non-sticky, permanently tacky latex material” to a conventional cardboard pants guard “to resist free sliding of a garment hanging thereon.” The plaintiff does not claim invention of the pants guard (see Zetlin No. 1,987,174, issued January 8, 1935) nor of the latex. He…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company v. The Galion Iron Works Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Rice v. Nash-Kelvinator Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- L. M. Leathers' Sons v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
- In re Allen N. Spooner & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Matter of the Petition of Allen N. Spooner & Sons, Inc., as Owner of the Derrick No. 17, Her Boilers, Engines, Apparel, Tackle, Etc., the Deck Scow No. 29 and Two Catamarans, in a Cause of Limitation of or Exoneration From LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Leathers' Sons v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958