Ashley v. Samuel C. Tatum Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by Frank M. Ashley and another against the Samuel C. Tatum Company for infringement of a patent for design.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
This suit is for infringement of a reissue of a design patent for a glass inkstand. The original patent, No'. 37,504, was granted to the complainant, Frank M. Ashley, August 8, 1905, and the patent was reissued December 23, 1913. Judge Learned Hand held the original patent valid and infringed by this defendant in the case of Ashley v. Tatum (C. C.) 181 Fed. 840. That decree was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (186 Fed. 339, 108 C. C. A. 539), and the patent was held valid, but not infringed. The complainants’ inkstand and the alleged .infringing…
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- Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Miller v. Brass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Ashley v. Samuel C. Tatum Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Autopiano Co. v. American Player Action Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Ashley v. Samuel C. Tatum Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910
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