Beecroft & Blackman, Inc. v. Rooney
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Beecroft & Blackman, Inc., against Lawrence J. Rooney, doing business as the Lawrence J. Rooney Company, with the Long Furniture Company intervening. Decree for complainant, and defendant and intervener appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellee sued for infringement of letters patent No. 1,244,944, granted to Clement Beecroft, covering a cabinet for talking machines.. The appellee owns the patent by assignment. The defenses interposed are that the patent is invalid for want of patentable invention; also that the prior art and prior uses anticipated appellee’s alleged invention.
[1] There were two types of phonograph cabinets on the market when the appellee filed the application and was awarded the patent in suit. One embodies a small casing or box, which is known as a portable machine or instrument.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. GreenleafSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hillard v. Remington Typewriter Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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- Underwood Typewriter Co. v. Victor Typewriter Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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