Standard Paint Co. v. Bird
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the Standard Paint Company against William 13. Bird, Charles T. Carrutli, and Reginald W. Bird, partners as J. A. & W. Bird & Co. On final hearing.
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In Equity. Suit by the Standard Paint Company against William 13. Bird, Charles T. Carrutli, and Reginald W. Bird, partners as J. A. & W. Bird & Co. On final hearing. Suit to restrain alleged infringement of the eight claims of United States letters patent No. 775,635, dated November 22, 1904, to Louis C. Rugen and Herbert Abraham, assignors to the Standard Paint Company, for flexible roofing or flooring, and also to restrain alleged infringement of claims 4, 9, and 11 of United States letters patent No. 775,636, dated November 22, 1904, to said Rugen and Abraham, assignors to said Standard…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
Both patents in suit relate to flexible weatherproof prepared roofings, while they may relate to flexible weatherproof prepared floorings, if desired.
The complainant’s roofing, made under the patents in suit, is generally known as “Colored Ruberoid.” Its main use is in place of shingles, slate, tin, etc., on roofs. The leading objects of these patents were to produce flexible weather-proof roofings in colors other than black. The flexible water-proof and weather-proof roofings of the prior art were black, or of a brownish black, unless painted. The flexible roofings made…
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- Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phoenix Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Gill v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Rowell v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Railroad Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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