Good Form Mfg. Co. v. White
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, entered May .14, 190?, dismissing the bill, which was filed for the infringement of letters patent No. 605,94? granted to Charles W. Davies for an improvement in neckties. The opinion below is reported in 153 Fed. ?59.
1Per curiam
A clear and careful description of the Davies patent and of the prior art will be found in the opinion of the Circuit Court. This need not be repeated here. The judge was in doubt upon the question of invention; but, conceding patentability, he was of the opinion that the claim should be limited to the precise structure described and shown.
The invention is one of minor importance, having for its object the improvement in appearance and fit of an article of wearing apparel. It belongs generally to that class of inventions which this court considered and sustained in Frost Co. v. Cohn, 119 Fed.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- George Frost Co. v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
- Young v. WolfeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1903
- Parramore v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
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