Bliss v. Spangler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Olin Wellborn, Judge. Suit in equity by George P. Spangler against Walter B. Bliss and the Fresno Monogram Adjustable Buckle Company. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The appellee, who was complainant in the court below, made application May 5, 1910, to the Commissioner of Patents for patent on a clasp or buckle of which he claimed to be the original, sole, and first inventor, and was on October 18, 1910, awarded letters patent numbered 972,937. Claiming that defendants Fresno Monogram Adjustable Buckle Company, the Modern Sales Agency of America, Limited, and Walter B. Bliss were jointly infringing his letters patent, he instituted the present suit to enjoin such infringement. Decree pro confesso was entered against the defendant…
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