International Postal Supply Co. v. Bruce
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In Equity. Suit for infringement of patents. On bill of complaint and plea. The amended bill is in the ordinary form for the infringement of four letters patent for improvements in marking and stamping apparatus designed for use in the post offices of the United States, in canceling stamps and postmarking mail matter.
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In Equity. Suit for infringement of patents. On bill of complaint and plea. The amended bill is in the ordinary form for the infringement of four letters patent for improvements in marking and stamping apparatus designed for use in the post offices of the United States, in canceling stamps and postmarking mail matter. The bill alleges that these post offices afford the sole and only market for the patented machines and that complainant is fully equipped and ready to supply all the machines needed to do the necessary work. The bill alleges further that two of the patents relied on have been…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The constitution says:
“The congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right, to tlieir respective writings and discoveries.” Article 1, § 8.
Under the power thus granted the congress has provided that any person who has invented “any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter” and who complies with the law in other respects may “obtain a patent therefor.”
Section 4884 of the Revised Statutes says:
“Every patent shall contain s * * a grant to the…
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- Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Montana Railway Co. v. WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Solomons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- James v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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