Knapp v. Will & Baumer Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Suit by Edward J. Knapp against the Will & Baumer Company for infringement of a design patent. From an interlocutory decree for complainant (253 Fed. 191), defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity arising under the patent laws of the United States. The plaintiff is the owner of letters *381patent No. 44,480, issued to him by the United States Patent Office on August 13, 1913, and is a design patent for an improvement in candles.
The patent has never been assigned, and the plaintiff is now and always has been the sole owner of the patent. He has caused large numbers of candles embodying the patented design to be made and sold under his license by the Edward J. Knapp Candle Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the state of New York,…
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