Alliance Securities Co. v. Ford Motor Co.

NORCROSS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree dismissing appellant’s complaint, with costs. Appellant filed its bill in equity for an injunction based on alleged infringement of letters patent, No. 1,196,691, commonly referred to as the Hopkins patent.

This case presents a similar question to that involved in the case by the same complainant against Roman Paint Company [31 F.(2d) 279], contemporaneously decided.

The device used by the appellee, and alleged to infringe the Hopkins patent, is designated in the record as the, “Spraeo.” It is manufactured in Boston by a paint…