Bridgeport Brass Co. v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Andrew M. J. Cochrane, Judge. Suit in equity by the Bridgeport Brass Company against the Ford Motor Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Suit for infringement of patent No. 1,125,229, January 19, 1915, to William R. Webster, assignor to plaintiff, on filler tube cap for automobile radiators. This appeal is from a decree finding the patent invalid and dismissing the bill.
The allegéd invention grew out of an order given by defendant to plaintiff for a large quantity of the filler caps which have been used on Ford automobiles for several years past. The defenses, so far as need be stated,- are that defendant, and not Webster, designed the cap, and that there is otherwise lack of invention. The District…
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