Legal Opinion
Adams v. Bridgewater Iron Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided February 3, 1886No. 1,430; No. 1,428PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
Those bills in equity are brought for infringement of letters patent No. 24,915, granted to Freeborn Adams, August 2, 1859, for improvement in casting copper cylinders. One suit is brought for infringement during the original term of the patent, and the other suit for infringement during the extended term. »
At the outset it is necessary to consider certain special defenses to these suits. The original term of the patent expired August 2, 1873, and it is urged that this court has no jurisdiction of the suit covering the original term. We think this objection well taken. A bill in equity for a…
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