Reliance Novelty Co. v. Dworzek
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
This was a bill for infringement of design patent Ho. 26,684. Order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be granted the complainant pendente lite. Objected .that patent covers a coin-controlling, card-playing machine used for gambling purposes. Injunction denied.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This case comes up on an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be granted the complainant pendente lite. The bill charges the infringement of letters patent No. 26,684, issued to Benny J. Wertheimer on February 23, 1897, under section 4929, Rev. St., for a design upon the cases of coin-controlled machines, generally known as “nickel in the slot machines,” which, in the case at bar, are of the kind commonly known as “card-playing slot machines.”
Several objections are made by the defendants to the application for a preliminary injunction. It is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bedford v. HuntU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1817
- National Automatic Device Co. v. LloydU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1889
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- Fuller v. BergerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
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- Reliance Novelty Co. v. DwortzekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897