Legal Opinion
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing-Machine Co. v. The Gibbens Frame
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided August 4, 1883PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This suit was brought in the supreme court of the state to restrain the use of frames in sewing-machines in the shape of the Eoman capital letter G. A preliminary injunction restraining such use until further order was granted ex parte; and before further proceedings the cause was removed to this court. It has now been heard on motion to dissolve this injunction.
As the case now stands it appears that letters patent No. 21,129 wore granted to James E. A. Gibbs, under date of August 10,1858, for improvements in sewing-machines, the drawings and model of which showed this frame, but it was not…
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