Legal Opinion
Porter Needle Co. v. Nat. Needle Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided August 20, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtLowell, J.
The plaintiffs have succeeded to the rights and liabilities of the Cook & Porter Needle Company, and of Lewis B. Porter, in respect to certain patents, and the contracts and dealings relating thereto. They bring this suit to enjoin the use of seven machines, containing improvements in the art of grinding needles, invented by one Mallett, for which a patent (No. 172,639) was issued to the Cook & Porter Needle Company, January 25, 1876. It is agreed that since July 1, 1880, the defendants have used six machines containing the improvements. The dispute turns on the construction of a contract…
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