Ludington Novelty Co. v. Leonard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Charles H. Leonard et al., the defendants in the first of the above-entitled actions, are doing business at Grand Rapids, Mich., and manufacturing, among other things, certain game boards which were offered for sale in the Southern District of New York hy Alfred X. Fisher et al., the defendants in, the second of the above-entitled actions.
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Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Charles H. Leonard et al., the defendants in the first of the above-entitled actions, are doing business at Grand Rapids, Mich., and manufacturing, among other things, certain game boards which were offered for sale in the Southern District of New York hy Alfred X. Fisher et al., the defendants in, the second of the above-entitled actions. The complainant, a corporation lo-. Cated. at Ludington, Mich., alleges infringement of two separate patents' owned by it,- and also infringement of…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
We are satisfied with the disposition made-of the Haskell patent by the Circuit Court. If valid at all, in view of the circumscribed field in which the patentee was compelled to operate, it is manifest that the claims must be limited to cover the precise structures described and shown.
Regarding'"the first’ claim O'f the Haskell patent, the- distinguishing feature of which is “a base line on each side of the board extending across the board from the innermdst portion of the pocket opening to-the corresponding portion.of the opposite pocket opening,” we are inclined to the…
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