Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Premier Mach. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 6, 1935No. 3909PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BBEWSTER, District judge.
In this suit the plaintiff alleges infringement of United States letters patent 1,681,-033. Infringement is admitted if the patent is valid. The defenses are anticipation and want of invention. The latter defense is the one principally relied upon.
Statement of Facts.
1. On August 14, 1928, upon an application filed December 3, 1923, letters patent of the United States No. 1,681,033 issued to the plaintiff covering an alleged improvement in machines for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes, particularly for forming the open-work or cut-out section in shoe uppers.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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