Goudy v. Hansen
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Frederic Dodge, Judge. Suit in equity by Frederic W. Cloudy against Henry Alfred Hansen, executor. Decree dismissing bill on motion, and. complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE. District Judge.
The plaintiff was the patentee, and is the owner, of United States patent No. 45,108, for “design for font of type.” Under equity rule 29 (198 Fed. xxvi, 115 C. C. A. xxvi), the defendant files a motion that the bill in equity be dismissed, for the reason that the patent on its face is invalid, because the disclosure thereof does not constitute patentable subject-matter, and because no such configuration or ornamentation is shown as would authorize a design patent. He alleges five other causes for dismissal.
The motion brings before us the patent itself. In it the patentee…
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