Legal Opinion
Hanifen v. E. H. Godshalk Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Decided December 16, 1896PublishedCited by 7 opinions
This was a suit by John E. Hanifen, trading as John E. Hanifen & Co., against the E. H. Grodshalk Company and Edward H. Grodshalk, for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in knitted fabrics.
1Opinion of the Court
DALLAS, Circuit Judge.
The bill in this case prays the usual relief for the alleged infringement by the defendants of patent No. 374,-888, dated December 13, 1887, issued to Levi By water, assignor to the complainant, for an improvement in knitted fabrics. The claim sued upon is as follows:
“(2) A knitted fabric composed of face' and back yarns of different materials, the face yarn being looped at regular intervals and on alternate stitches of adjacent rows of the back yarn, and being matted and curly, and having a smooth back, whereby the said fabric has the appearance of looped or Astrakhan…
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- Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Brush Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1892
- Uhlman v. Arnholdt & Schaefer Brewing Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1893
- Brush Electric Co. v. Electrical Accumulator Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1891
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- Welsbach Light Co. v. American Incandescent Lamp Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
- SMIMADZU v. Electric Storage Battery Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1936
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