Legal Opinion
Formal Fashions, Inc., and Paul Kellner v. Braiman Bows, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 16, 1966No. 30580_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge:
Disdaining the better mousetrap, appellant Kellner has invented a better cummerbund. His invention fills what he characterizes as the industry’s long felt need for a universal size cummerbund. Previously, we are told, retailers were required to stock two different size adjustable cummerbunds but now, thanks to appellant’s invention, a single size fits all.
But, as Justice Clark remarked in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 19, 86 S.Ct. 684, 695, 15 L.Ed.2d 545 (1966), “[h]e who seeks to build a better mousetrap today has a long path to tread before reaching the Patent…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Anton Lorenz v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Zoomar, Inc. v. Paillard Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
3Cited by48 opinions
- Timely Products Corporation, Raphael J. Costanzo v. Stanley ArronCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. v. Kollsman Instrument CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Julie Research Laboratories, Inc. v. Guildline Instruments, Inc., and Hallmark Standards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Reeves Brothers, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. U. S. Laminating Corp. And Travis Rauch, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Continental Can Company, Inc. v. Old Dominion Box Company, Inc. And Dacam CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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