Legal Opinion

Bellavance v. Frank Morrow Co.

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided March 13, 1943No. Civil Action No. 104PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARTIGAN, District Judge.

This suit was for the infringement of Claims 1 and 2 of the Bellavance Patent No. 2,108,247, patented February IS, 1938, for a bracelet and method of making the same and Claims 1 and 2 of the Manickas Patent No. 2,114,930, patented April 19, 1938, relating to a bracelet. The Manickas patent was assigned on April 16, 1941, to Bellavance.

The defendant denies the validity and also the infringement of the patents in suit.

The Bellavance Patent No. 2,108,247 claims are:

1. “A bracelet structure comprising two or more longitudinally curved sections having lateral flanges…

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Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
Electric Cable Joint Co. v. Brooklyn Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934

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Forstner Chain Corp. v. Marvel Jewelry Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
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