Wickelman v. A. B. Dick Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern-District óf New York. This was a suit in equity by the A. B. Dick Company against Frederick A. Wickelman for alleged infringement of a patent for stencil sheets.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern-District óf New York. This was a suit in equity by the A. B. Dick Company against Frederick A. Wickelman for alleged infringement of a patent for stencil sheets. In the circuit court a decree was rendered for an account of profits and damages (74 Fed. 799), and afterwards the cause was heard on exceptions to the master’s report, and such exceptions were overruled. 80 Fed. 519. From the final decree thereafter rendered the defendant has appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
Error is assigned upon this appeal of a decree adjudging the validity of letters patent No. 877,706, granted February 7,1888, to John Broderick, for coated paper sheet for stencil, and the infringement thereof by the defendant. The appellant insists that the court below should have held the patent void for want of novelty. The patent covers a meritorious invention. The subject is a transmitting printing sheet to be used as a stencil for duplicating upon other sheets the words or designs impressed upon it, but differing from a stencil in that the letters or figures are…
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