Todd Protectograph Co. v. Hedman Mfg. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In Equity. Suit by the Todd Protectograph Company against the Hedman Manufacturing Company and others.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Suit for infringement of patent and unfair competition. Plaintiff is a citizen of New York and defendants are citizens of Illinois, and the amount involved exceeds the jurisdictional limit. The patent action rests on patent No. 793,249, issued *830to L,. M. Todd June 27, 1905, on a printing apparatus for protecting checks from alteration.
[1, 2] The Patent. — The Todd invention is described in Whitaker v. Todd, 232 Fed. 714, 146 C. C. A. 640 (Third Circuit), where the patent was sustained and held infringed. The following description is taken from plaintiff’s brief:
“The…
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- Foley v. D'AgostinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
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