Legal Opinion
Byram v. Friedberger
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1897PublishedCited by 4 opinions
This was a suit in equity by Frank A. Byram against- defendant Friedberger for infringement of letters patent No. 23,880, granted December 25, 1894, to Frank A. Byrskn, for a design for trimming for ladies’ underwear.
1Opinion of the Court
DALLAS, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity for alleged infringement by the defendant of design patent No. 23,886, dated December 25, 1894, issued to the plaintiff for a design for trimming. In the specification it is said:
“My invention has for its object the provision of a new and original design for trimming for ladies’ underwear of the character fully disclosed by the accompanying drawings, wherein figures 1 and 2 are views of the back and front, respectively, of a portion of such trimming.”
The drawings thus referred to are here reproduced:
Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
The claim is:
“The design for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Monroe v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1893
- Braddock Glass Co. v. MacbethCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1894
- Jennings v. KibbeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
- Applied Arts Corp. v. Grand Rapids Metalcraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- In re StirlingCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1931
- McQuillen v. A. R. Hyde & Sons Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1940
- Byram v. FriedbergerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1900