Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. v. Griesche
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Motions for Preliminary Injunction. These are suits to recover for the alleged infringement of patent No. 253,781, granted to Sidney M. Stevens, February 14, 1882; patents No. 214,706, granted to Noble G. and Thomas D. Boss, April 22, 1879; patent No. 233,116, granted same parties, October 12, 1880; and patent No. 207,710, issued to Jacob Brotherton, September 3, 1878,—all of which are held by plaintiff as assignee.
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Motions for Preliminary Injunction. These are suits to recover for the alleged infringement of patent No. 253,781, granted to Sidney M. Stevens, February 14, 1882; patents No. 214,706, granted to Noble G. and Thomas D. Boss, April 22, 1879; patent No. 233,116, granted same parties, October 12, 1880; and patent No. 207,710, issued to Jacob Brotherton, September 3, 1878,—all of which are held by plaintiff as assignee. Patents Nos. 253,781 and 214,706 are on machines for manufacturing barbed-wire fencing. Patent No. 233,116 is on barbed-wire cables. Patent No. 207,710 is for an improvement in…
1Opinion of the Court
Treat,.J.
As admitted by counsel for plaintiff,no injunction can-issue for the manufacture by defendant of machines made for plaintiffs’ licensees, (4 Ban. & A. 427; 2 Ban. & A. 170; 4 Ban. & A. 441; 3 Ban. & A- 39;) but it is'contended that he has announced his purpose to manufacture and vend generally, and should be restrained from so doing. That contention might not be considered sufficiently established, if the motion was to depend solely on the evidence as to that point. Inasmuch as the case of the same plaintiffs against Fuchs is also before the court, and the two were argued together at…
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