Legal Opinion
Schlicht & Field Co. v. Chicago Sewing-Machine Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Decided November 5, 1888PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Bill for infringement of patent. This bill was brought by the Schlicht & Field Company against the Chicago Sewing-Machine Company, Luke L. Miller, and Daniel H. Is-eminger.
1Opinion of the CourtBlodgett, J.
The bill in this case asks for an injunction and an accounting by reason of the alleged infringement of patent No. 217,909, granted July 29, 1879, to Frederick W. Smith and James S. Shannon, lor an “improvement in paper-holders,” The invention covered by this patent is described by the patentees in their specifications as follows:
“Our invention relates to that class of paper-flies or temporary binders adapted, by having separable uniting wires, to allow' of the withdrawal of any one of many papers thereon held, or the insertion of papers between those already on the file, without disturbing…
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