Patton v. Clegg
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit by John G. Patton and Harry P. Sayford, trading as the Sayford Paper Specialty Company, against E. T. Clegg and the Vendig Hotel Company.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
[1] This cause concerns itself with letters patent No. 1,301,596, issued April 22, 1919, to John G. Patton, for a paper lining for finger bowls. The title is in the plaintiffs by ownership of the patent in one and an exclusive license in the other. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case in chief there was a motion to dismiss as against the defendant Clegg on the ground of the absence of any evidence that he had made, used, or vended the patented utensil. If this motion prevails, the Hotel Vendig is left as the sole defendant. This calls for a word of explanation.
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