Continental Wire Fence Co. v. Pendergast
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 628,253, granted July 4, 1899, to Maurice D. Pendergast and James M. Whidden. On motion for preliminary injunction. The following is a copy of machine alleged to have been infringed:
1Opinion of the CourtLochren, District Judge
(orally). The Continental Wire Fence Company is the owner of patent No. 628,253, issued July 5, 1898, to the defendant Maurice Pendergast and one Whidden, for a wire fence making machine. It is alleged that the defendants infringe certain specified claims of this patent in the machines they have constructed and are operating at Hutchinson, in this state; and the complainant brings the matter before the court on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the defendants.
It is true, as has been held in many cases in the federal courts, that an injunction is a harsh remedy, and should not be…
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