Rubber Tire Wheel Co. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the construction of a decree in a patent case and the extent and effect of the immunity granted thereunder to manufacture the patented article and the several elements thereof, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
The petitioners are the owners of the Grant patent (No. 554,675) issued February 18, 1896, for an improvement in'1 rubber-tired wheels. In a suit for infringement brought by the petitioners against the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (the respondent) it was held by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that the patent was- void for want of novelty. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Rubber Tire Wheel Co., 116 Fed. Rep. 363. Upon the basis of the decree entered upon that decision, the respondent instituted the present suit in the Southern District of Ohio to restrain the petitioners…
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