Legal Opinion

Higgin Mfg. Co. v. Watson

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 3, 1920No. 3216PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Suit by Henry W. Watson and others against the Higgin Manufacturing Company. From an interlocutory decree for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Suit for infringement of two United States patents to Watson, viz., No. 956,239, applied for July 27, 1905, and issued April 26, 1910; and No. 836,475, applied for October 30, 1905, and issued November 20, 1906. Both relate generally to rewireable screen construction for doors, windows, and the like openings, and particularly to a tubular sheet metal'frame, and means for attaching the screen-cloth thereto. No. 956,239, while issued later, was applied for earlier, than the other. It is thus properly treated as the earlier patent, and is in fact the main or basic patent —…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  4. Herman v. Youngstown Car Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911
  5. Century Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Triplett v. LowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Ensten v. Simon, Ascher & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Sandy MacGregor Co. v. Vaco Grip Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1924
  4. Excelsior Steel Furnace Co. v. Williamson Heater Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1920
  5. Southern Textile MacHinery Co. v. United Hosiery Mills Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1929

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