Wood v. Dolby

Wheeler, D. J.

This suit is brought for an alleged infringement of design patent No. 11,409, issued to the orator for jewelry settings, expressed in the specification to be for a new and improved design for jewelry settings, consisting of a representation of a bird upon a branch or twig, with a leaf above the bird and a panel at the base of the twig, in white and gold colors, with a diampnd upon the leaf and two diamonds upon the panel. The defences are that the patent for a new and improved design is not within the statute, section *4764929/which only provides for patents for new and original…