Legal Opinion
Gold Seal Importers, Inc. v. Morris White Fashions, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 1941No. 108PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit for infringement of a design patent, No. 125,540, issued on February 25, 1941 to Leo Friedman and by him assigned to the plaintiff. The design is for a lady’s handbag. Upon motion for a preliminary injunction, the patent was held valid and infringed and the injunction was granted upon the plaintiff’s posting a $5,000 bond. Thereafter the case came on for final hearing before another district judge, who held that a prior art bag, exhibit Z, was so similar in design as to invalidate the patent in suit or, at least, to require it to be so narrowly construed as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Nat Lewis Purses, Inc. v. Carole Bags, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Neufeld-Furst & Co. v. Jay-Day Frocks Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- American Fabrics Co. v. Richmond Lace WorksCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- White v. Leanore Frocks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by25 opinions
- General Time Instruments Corp. v. United States Time Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Technograph Printed Circuits, Ltd. v. Methode Electronics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Laskowitz v. Marie Designer, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1954
- Elie P. Aghnides and Chase Brass and Copper Company, Inc. v. Orloff W. Holden and Marguerite Holden, Doing Business as Knickerbocker Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- International Silver Co. v. Julie PomerantzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
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