Hillard v. Fisher Book Typewriter Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Suit to restrain alleged infringement of claims 30 to 35, inclusive, and claims 37, 38, and 41, of United States letters patent No. 580,281, dated April 6, 1897, to Frederic W. Hillard, for new and useful improvements in typewriter escapements, and for an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The patent in suit, No. 580,281, to Frederic W. Hillard, issued April 6, 1897, application filed January 9, 1893, for new and useful improvements in typewriter escapements, contains 42. claims, 9 only of which are in issue; but these cover an invention, if it be that, which has gone into general use, commanded attention and respect, and forced a confession of its utility even from the defendants’ experts in this litigation. That its introduction into the manufacture of typewriting machines wrought a great improvement in speed, neatness of 'work; and ease and. accuracy of…
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