Wright & Colton Wire-Cloth Co. v. Clinton Wire-Cloth Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit by the Clinton Wire-Cloth Company against the Wright & Colton Wire-Cloth Company for alleged infringement of two patents relating to the art of weaving wire cloth. The circuit court sustained the patents, found infringement, and directed a decree for an injunction and accounting. 65 Fed. 425. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity in behalf of the Clinton Wire-Oloth Company, wherein it is alleged that the defendant has infringed two letters patent,—one for an improvement in the art of weaving wire cloth, and the other for an improved shuttle whereby the improvement in such art may be practiced. The complainant contends that prior to its inventions there was a practical difficulty in weaving wire cloth by means of a shuttle carrying a cop of wire; and that the difficulty resulted from the fact that the wire, as it lay on the cop, in coils substantially at right angles to…
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