Legal Opinion

Williams v. Boston & A. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York

Decided August 11, 1879PublishedCited by 4 opinions

[This was a bill in equity by Irvin A. Williams against the Boston & Albany Railroad Company for the infringement of letters patent No. 35,122, granted to I. A. Williams, April 29, 1862, reissued December 19, 1805 (No. 2,133).]

1Opinion of the Court

WALLACE, District Judge. The case of Williams v. Rome, W. & O. R. Co. [Case No. 17,735], is a controlling authority upon many of the questions now presented. In that ease, the validity of the issue of complainant’s patent was necessarily determined, as was also the novelty of the several combinations claimed, so far as this was assailed by the patents then introduced as anticipations. Not only did Judge Blatchford sustain as patentable the entire combination which complainant’s organized locomotive lamps embraced, but also the sub-combinations covered by the several claims in the patent. In…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fraser v. DuffeyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1912
  2. Squier v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1924
  3. Bischoffsheim v. BaltzerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1884
  4. Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. v. GriescheU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1883

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