Erie Rubber Co. v. American Dunlop Tire Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This was a hill by the American Dunlop Tire Company against the Erie Rubber Company for alleged infringement of a patent relating to pneumatic bicycle tires. In the circuit court the patent was held valid and infringed as to the claim in issue, and a decree was entered accordingly. 66 Fed. 558. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALES, District Judge.
This is a suit for the infringement of the first claim of letters patent tío. 488,494, dated December 20,1892, and issued to Alexander T. Brown and George E. Stillman, for an improvement in inflatable or pneumatic wheel tires for cycles and other vehicles. The American Dunlop Tire Company, the complainant, by virtue of certain mesne assignments, became the owner of the patent, and obtained an interlocutory decree in the circuit court against the Erie Rubber Company, the defendant, which has brought this appeal.
The specification of the patent declares that:
“The primary…
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