Legal Opinion
Eick v. Economic Machinery Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 13, 1924No. 1784PublishedCited by 1 opinion
At Faw. Action by Otto Fick against the Economic Machinery Company.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is an action at law for the infringement of letters patent No. 1,230,138, to Fick, dated June 19, 1917, for a labeling machine. The declaration is in the usual form.
The defendant has pleaded in bar the ownership of certain patents issued to it as assignee of one Woodland, which cover the same in*836vention described in the patent in suit and were issued in 1914 and 1915, before the patent in suit. The plea is in effect orally demurred to, the plaintiff suggesting that it discloses no defense.
The principal question presented is whether a prior patent covering the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Automatic Weighing Mach. Co. v. Pneumatic Scale Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
- Western Electric Co. v. Sperry Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
- American Roll-Paper Co. v. KnoppU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1890
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kuhlke Mach. Co. v. Miller Rubber Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1925