Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Richmond Cedar Works
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court, dismissing the appellant’s bill, alleging infringement of claim 1 of letters patent No. 585,465, for “means for operating washing machines,” issued to John Schroeder March 12, 1895. The opinion of the trial court on final hearing is reported in 159 Fed. 161, and a prior opinion oil motion for an interlocutory…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court, dismissing the appellant’s bill, alleging infringement of claim 1 of letters patent No. 585,465, for “means for operating washing machines,” issued to John Schroeder March 12, 1895. The opinion of the trial court on final hearing is reported in 159 Fed. 161, and a prior opinion oil motion for an interlocutory injunction appears in 149 Fed. 430.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Schroeder patent in suit, No. 535,465, now owned by the appellant corporation, has been extensively involved in litigation over various infringements, in different circuits (successively in the Eighth, Seventh, and Second circuits), and adjudications appear in all such cases, except the one at bar, upholding both validity of the claim in suit and the charge of infringement in each instance. The cases so appearing in the reports, prior to the adverse decree from which this appeal is brought, are: Schroeder v. Brammer (C. C.) 98 Fed. 880; Brammer v. Schroeder, 106 Fed.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brammer v. SchroederCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Simpson Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1904
- Schroeder v. BrammerU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa · 1900
- Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Heffron-Tanner Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1906
- Benbow-Brammer, Mfg. Co. v. StrausCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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