Legal Opinion
Bruce Howes v. The Great Lakes Press Corporation, Holt Manufacturing Company, and Devries Brothers
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 12, 1982No. 587, Docket 81-7648PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The issue raised on this appeal is whether the method devised by appellant, Bruce Howes, which makes possible the faithful transfer of color art work to fabric by means of treated heat transfer paper is a process which is patentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101. 1 We believe that it is and reverse the order of the district court which determined as a matter of law that it was not.
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Prior State of the Art
Photography
We sketch briefly the state of the art with respect to printing on fabric, before appellant developed the process which is the subject of this litigation. Prior to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Gottschalk v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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