Why Corporation v. Super Ironer Corporation

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, claiming ownership of Patent No. 1,624,698, brought an infringement suit against appellee. The validity of the patent and the manufacture and sale by appellee of machines embodying the invention were admitted; but, defensively, appellee asserted its own title to the patent. The district court sustained the defense and dismissed appellant’s action on the merits. While laches was also set up and upheld, that issue, though properly adjudged in the district court for the aid of the reviewing court, is immaterial here; should it be determined that the legal title…