Beecroft & Blackman, Inc. v. Kooney
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Beecroft & Blackman, Incorporated, against Laurence J. Rooney, doing business as Laurence J. Rooney Company, and the Long Furniture Company.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
Th’is is a suit upon a patent granted to Clement Beecroft on October 30, 1917, for a cabinet box stand for talking machines. He is assignor to the plaintiff, which is a corporation, of which he is a member, and the infringement of the patent by the defendant is conceded. Four defenses are raised: First, that Beecroft is not the first inventor; second, that the patent is invalid; third, that the defendant has an implied shop right; and, fourth, an express shop right.
Before going into the defenses, it is necessary to make some statement of the character of the…
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