Legal Opinion

Standard Typewriter Co. v. Standard Folding Typewriter Sales Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 28, 1910No. 330PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Standard Typewriter Company against the Standard Folding Typewriter Sales -Company and others. From an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendants appeal.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Standard Typewriter Company against the Standard Folding Typewriter Sales -Company and others. From an order granting a preliminary injunction, defendants appeal. Appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction to restrain the infringement of letters patent No. 754,242, issued on March 8, 1904, to_ Frank S. Rose, for a new and improved typewriting machine, and assigned, through mesne conveyances, to the complainant. The suit was brought to restrain the alleged infringement of…

1Opinion of the Court

NOYES, Circuit Judge.

The subject-matter of the patent in suit is primarily a folding typewriter. The patentee states at the commencement of his specification:

■ “This invention relates to improvements in typewriters in which I seek to produce a new construction of the support or carriage for the type-platen or cylindrical roller which enables the same to be folded into compact relation to the keyboard, thus making provisions for ready and convenient transportation of the instrument.”

Again he states:

“The important feature of the present invention is the provision of means whereby the platen and…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Fox Typewriter Co v. Corona Typewriter Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
  2. Climax Lock & Ventilator Co. v. Ajax Hardware Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1911
  3. Hutto Engineering Co. v. Grinder Sales Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1927
  4. McMaster v. Daugherty Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1914
  5. Thayer Telkee Corp. v. Davenport-Taylor Mfg. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1930

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