Legal Opinion

Rohm v. Martin Dennis Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 12, 1920No. 2471PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; J. Warren Davis, Judge. Patent infringement suit by Otto Rohm and the Rohm & Haas Company against the Martin Dennis Company. From a decree dismissing the bill (263 Fed. 106), plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The bill filed in the court below by Otto Rohm and others, owners of patent No. 886,411, issued to him May 5, 1908, for a preparation of hides for the manufacture of leather, charged the Martin Dennis Company with infringement of said patent. On final hearing, that court entered a decree dismissing the bill. Thereupon Rohm and his associates took this appeal.

[1] After full argument before this court and due consideration, we are of opinion the court below committed no error in dismissing the bill, and we rest our conclusion on the ground that the patent is invalid by…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. The Incandescent Lamp PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Wood v. UnderhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
  3. Rohm v. Martin Dennis Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1918

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Novadel Process Corporation v. JP Meyer & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
  2. M. Swift & Sons, Inc. v. W. H. Coe Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1939
  3. United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
  4. U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
  5. General Chemical Co. v. Selden Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933

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