Thompson v. N. T. Bushnell Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a suit in equity by Henry G. Thompson and others against the N. T. Bushnell Company for alleged infringement of letters patent HSTo. 328,019, issued October 18,1885, to complainants as assignees of the inventor, Thaddeus Fowler.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
The parties herein are practically the same as in Thompson v. Jennings, 21 C. C. A. 486, 75 Fed. 572. In said action the decision of the circuit court which dismissed the bill was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals. The circuit court in its opinion held that the patent- was valid, but that the defendant did not infringe. The circuit court of appeals held that, “unless the patent in suit can be limited so as to cover only a band saw or a hack saw, there appears to be no escape from the conclusions expressed in the opinion of Judge Lacombe in the court below. It…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson v. JenningsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895