Legal Opinion
Winters & Crampton Mfg. Co. v. Grand Rapids Brass Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1933No. Nos. 6107, 6108PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
The patents in suit are No. 1,648,249 for a hinge and No. 1,710,321 for a furniture fixture. Suit was brought for infringement of the hinge patent by Winters & Crampton Manufacturing Company. The defendant, the Grand Rapids Brass Company, defended on the ground of invalidity and noninfringe^inent and by counterclaim charged infringement of the patent for the furniture fixture. The court held that the hinge patent was invalid and that the patent for the furniture fixture was not infringed by the plaintiff’s device, dismissing both the bill and the counterclaim.
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- Burt v. EvorySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Railroad Supply Co. v. Elyria Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Columbia Metal Box Co. v. HalperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Sparks-Withington Co. v. E. A. Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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