Union Paper Bag Mach. Co. v. Advance Bag Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. Suit in equity by the Union Paper Bag Machine Company and the Union Bag & Paper Company against the Advance Bag Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. Suit in equity by the Union Paper Bag Machine Company and the Union Bag & Paper Company against the Advance Bag Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal. The following is the opinion of the Circuit Court by Sater, District Judge: Dulin’s patent, No. 578,550, issued March 9, 1897, relates particularly to machinery to make what is known as the “square satchel-bottom bag,” ox-bag made from a bellows-folded tube with a satchel bottom formed upon its end. The object of his invention is particularly…
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The issues in this suit are those usually found in a controversy touching the infringement of a patent. Admittedly the patent in suit is for a combination invention comprising appliances which are each old in the art of forming, through mechanism, the well-known diamond fold on the ends'of bellows-folded paper bag blanks; each claim in suit being properly a combination claim. One of the defenses urged is that the alleged infringing machine entirely omits and dispenses with one of the essential elements o f the patent in suit, without employing a mechanical equivalent…
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