Legal Opinion
Gillette Safety Razor Co. v. Clark Blade & Razor Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
Decided May 18, 1911PublishedCited by 9 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Gillette Safety Razor Company against the Clai'k Blade & Razor Company and others. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
CROSS, District Judge.
The validity and infringement of patent No. 775,134 issued November 15, 1904, to one King C, Gillette, and by him duly assigned to the complainant, is in controversy in this suit. The patent contains 30 claims, of which, however, only 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, and 29 are involved. They are as follows:
“2. As a new article of manufacture, a detachable razor-blade of such thinness and flexibility as to require external support to give rigidity to its cutting edge.”
“'7. In a razor, the combination with a flexible blade of a holder comprising a handle, means…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hayes-Young Tie Plate Co. v. St. Louis Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Forsyth v. GarlockCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1905
3Cited by9 opinions
- Hoeltke v. C. M. Kemp Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Reynolds v. Whitin MacH. WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Clark Blade & Razor Co. v. Gillette Safety Razor Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- Essex Razor Blade Corp. v. Gillette Safety Razor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States Pipe & Foundry Co. v. James B. Clow & Sons, Inc.District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1962
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