Le Vine v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

RAYMOND, District Judge.

This suit involves issues of validity and infringement of claim 11 of patent No. 1,466,656, issued September 4, 1923, to Barr and Jackson, and of claim 1 of patent No. 1,820,885, issued August 25, 1931, to H. C. Le Vine. Both patents are now owned by plaintiff and are for electric toasters. Two of the defendants, namely, Montgomery Ward & Co., and Knapp-Monarch Company, were not served with process and have not pleaded. The defendant Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., is a Delaware corporation with an established place of business at Kalamazoo in this district. Claim 11 of…