Legal Opinion
Johnson Automobile Lock Co. v. Noser Instant Auto Lock Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1925No. 7009PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent suit in the usual form, brought by appellee (hereafter called plaintiff) against appellant (hereafter called defendant), seeking an injunction and an accounting in damages. The patent involved is United States letters patent No. 1,313,412, issued August 19, 1919, to Emil Y. Noser, for an improvement in locks for shift levers of automobiles. Plaintiff acquired ownership of the patent through mesne assignments from the patentee. The defenses set up are invalidity of the patent by reason of anticipation, or by reason of lack of novelty in view of the prior…
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