Freeman Manufacturing Co. v. Federal Department Stores, Inc.

FREEMAN, District Judge.

This is an action for infringement of Letters Patent No. 2,854,006 issued to Cornelius J. Geimer on September 30, 1958, and presently owned by the plaintiff, Freeman Manufacturing Company. Pursuant to contracts between the defendant, Federal Department Stores, Inc. and the two manufacturers of the alleged infringing garments in question, the manufacturers, Materna-Line, Inc. and Charma, Inc., have assumed the defense in this case.

Plaintiff’s patent relates to a maternity girdle consisting of a rear and side encircling unit and a lower front panel of flexible material…