Legal Opinion
Knight v. Union Hardware Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 18, 1928No. 1860Published
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The bill in tMs ease charges infringement of United States letters patent No-. 976,267, issued November 22, 1910, to Arthur F. Knight, for improvements in golf clubs. The plaintiffs are the patentee, who owns a seven-eighths interest in the patent, Benjamin B. Hull, who owns the remaining one-eighth interest, and the Horton Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Conn., which, by virtue of an exclusive license, manufactures golf club shafts under the patent in suit.
The defenses are (1) nomnvention; (2) invalidity, due to prior knowledge by others; and (3) noninfringement.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morgan Envelope Co. v. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Thompson v. BoisselierSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. Superior Drill Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- Kelly v. ClowCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1898
- Andrews v. ThumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
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