Legal Opinion
Schute v. Hildreth
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 3, 1925No. 3299PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
Three patents are involved in this litigation. .Stated not in the order of their issuance, but in the order of their inventions as subsequently litigated, the first (No. 831,501) was issued to Dickinson for a machine; the second (No. 857,770) to Thibodeau for a machine; and the third (No. 736,313) to Thibodeau for a method. All are now expired.
Before the expiration of the first two patents, the owner brought this action charging their infringement. The defendants admitted using a machine which was identically that of the Thibodeau machine patent, but denied infringement…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hildreth v. MastorasSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Smietanka v. Indiana Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Century Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
- One-Piece Bifocal Lens Co. v. Bisight Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1917
- Mastoras v. HildrethCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1920
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