Legal Opinion
Marlboro Wire Goods Co. v. Home Accessories Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 1928No. 2180PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity for infringement of letters patent No. 1,580,847, applied for November 4, 1922, issued April 13, 1926, to Hector Moineau, for a wire receptacle, and more particularly such article as a soap dish. The patent is now owned by the plaintiff, the Marlboro Wire Goods Company.
The defenses are noninvention, invalidity due to prior knowledge by others, and non-infringement.
In its specification the patentee states that the object of its invention is “to provide a wire receptacle constructed from closed wire loops; in other words, a receptacle wherein each…
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