Elite Mfg. Co. v. Ashland Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Suit by the Elite Manufacturing Company against the Ashland Manufacturing Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SATER, District Judge.
The plaintiff, as assignee of the Burk-holder patents, No. 1,004,741, for a lift jack for automobiles, issued October 3, 1911, and No. 44,837, for a design for a lifting-jack standard, issued November 4, 1913, lost its infringement suit against the defendant in the lower court on the ground that neither of its patents disclosed novelty or an exercise of the inventive faculty. Relief *894is sought against such adverse ruling. The claims of the first-named patent are shown in the margin.1
[1,2] The lift jack is not exclusively adapted to automobiles, but may be used for the…
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- Sheffield Car. Co. v. D'ArcyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
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