Legal Opinion

O'DONNELL v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided January 19, 1933No. 3549PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREWSTER, District Judge.

In this suit in equity, brought under R. S. § 4915 (35 USCA § 63), plaintiff seeks to establish his rights to letters patent which were denied to him by the Commissioner of Patents.

Statement of Facts.

1. The subject-matter involved relates to the shoe art, and especially to the re-enforcing and finishing edges of ladies’ shoes. In the manufacture of shoes, a strip, or margin, is sewed along the edges of the shoe part, a coating of cement applied to the margin, and then the margin is folded over on the edge of the shoe part. There had already been developed in the art a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Deering v. Winona Harvester WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Dolbear v. American Bell Telephone CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. Agawam Co. v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1869

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Globe-Union, Inc. v. Chicago Telephone Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
  2. Boucher Inventions, Ltd. v. Sola Electric Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1942
  3. Hyatt v. DollCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
  4. Eastman Kodak Co. v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1969
  5. Powell v. McNamaraDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1933

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