Legal Opinion

W. F. Burns Co. v. Automatic Recording Safe Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 27, 1916No. Nos. 2287, 2301, 2302, 2304, 2314PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Nos. 2287, 2301, 2304, and 2314: Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Arthur E. Sanborn, Judge. No. 2302: Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin; Arthur L..Sanborn, Judge.

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Nos. 2287, 2301, 2304, and 2314: Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Arthur E. Sanborn, Judge. No. 2302: Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin; Arthur L..Sanborn, Judge. Suits in equity by the Automatic Recording Safe Company against the W. F. Burns Company, against the Savings Roan & Trust Company, and against the Bankers’ Registering Safe Company, the White Brass Castings Company, Forrest B. Page, and others. In each case there are cross-appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Circuit Judge.

These cases, together with a case against a dealer, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, involving however, the product of the White Brass Castings Company, were all heard by Judge Sanborn about the same time and were decided together. His opinions will be found reported in 224 Fed. 506, 512, and 513.

On the appeal of the Automatic Company, the decree rendered in the New York case was modified, and claims 1 and 5 of the first Fisher patent in suit, No. 793,779, were held infringed. 231 Fed. 985, 146 C. C. A. 181. While the appellee in that case did…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Winans v. DenmeadSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  2. Matheson v. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897
  3. United States Expansion Bolt Co. v. H. G. Kroncke Hardware Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1916
  4. Ludwigs v. Payson Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
  5. Automatic Recording Safe Co. v. Bankers' Registering Safe Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1915

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. W. G. Reardon Laboratories, Inc. v. B. & B. Exterminators, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
  3. Eversharp, Inc. v. Fisher Pen Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1961
  4. Vogue Co. v. Vogue Hat Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1926
  5. Parker Rust Proof Co. v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1925

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