Kono Mfg. Co. v. Vogue Optical Mfg. Co.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

This action is for an injunction and damages for infringement of plaintiff’s Design Patent No. 146,224 relating to a spectacle frame.

The plaintiff is a co-partnership composed of Alexander Kono, Blanche Kono and Florence Smith and is a manufacturer of spectacle frames. On May 1, 1946 Alexander Kono filed an application with the Commissioner of Patents for the grant of Design Letters Patent upon the spectacle frame design which is the subject of this suit. Prior to issuance of the Design Patent, the rights to the design were transferred to the plaintiff. Some…