Popular Mechanics Co. v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by Stewart Brown against the Popular Mechanics Company. Erom an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction restraining appellant, publisher of the Popular Mechanics magazine, from contributory infringement of appellee’s patent No. 1,175,506, March 14, 1916, for a garage.
Appellant’s offense consisted of publishing in the reading section of its August, 1916, number a picture in perspective of a garage and a 20-line general description (without plans and specifications) from which a sufficiently skilled reader might erect a structure embodying the idea of the patent; and the decree enjoined the circulation of that issue. But…
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