Grelle v. City of Eugene
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District • of Oregon; Chas. E., Wolverton, Judge. Suit in equity by Charles Edward Grelle and the Independent Foundry Company against the City of Eugene, Or., and M. E. Griggs. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District • of Oregon; Chas. E., Wolverton, Judge. Suit in equity by Charles Edward Grelle and the Independent Foundry Company against the City of Eugene, Or., and M. E. Griggs. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal. Suit by the appellants (plaintiffs in the court below) for damages for alleged infringement by appellees (defendants in the court below! of letters, patent No. 43,338, for an ornamental design for a five-light lamp post, issued by the United States Patent Office to Charles Edward Grelle, on December 10, 1912, and…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Charles Edward Grelle, is the owner and holder of letters patent of the United States No. 43,-33S for an ornamental design for a five-light lamp post. The plaintiff the Independent Foundry Company, of which Grelle is president, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of lamp posts designed in conformity with the patent issued to Grelle, under and by virtue of an exclusive license from Grelle. It is alleged in the bill that the city of Eugene, Or., without the consent of the plaintiffs, and with full knowledge of the issuance to Grelle of the letters patent…
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