Mygatt v. M. Schaffer-Flaum Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Suit by Otis A. Mygatt against the M. Schaffer-Flaum Company for infringement of patent No. 821,306 for a prismatic reflector, and design patent No. 37,983 for a design for a reflector. De - cree for defendant on the first patent, and for complainant on the second.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
While it is difficult, without reference to rather elaborate drawings, to describe with accuracy the object said to infringe the patents in suit, and to be the subject-matter of the same, it is admittedly a quite ordinary form of reflector-shade for electric lights, usually placed above the light bulb, and composed of a single piece of glass.
The mechanical patent relates to what this type of reflector dogs, and the design patent to how one particular reflector looks.
[1] In the language of the specification, the object of the mechanical invention is:
“To produce a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Phœnix Knitting Works v. Bradley Knitting Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1910
- Mygatt v. M. Schaffer-Flaum Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910
- Mygatt v. McArthurU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mygatt v. SchafferCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914