American Roll Gold Leaf Co. v. W. H. Coe Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island; Arthur D. Brown, J udge. Suit in equity- by the W. H. Coe Manufacturing Company and others- against the American Roll Gold Leaf Company and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a suit for infringement of letters patent No. 580,817, to W. H. Coe, dated April 13, 1897, for a “machine for packaging decorative film,” and letters patent No. 848,-883, to W. H. Coe, dated April 2, 1907, for a “package roll of metallic leaf.” As to each patent, the principal defense is noninfringement. The decree below held that the appellants infringed both patents.
The machine shown in the first of these patents was invented by Coe for making, from sheets of gold leaf contained in a book, a con*722tinuous film supported upon a paper strip, or backing. It is said…
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