Gormley & Jeffery Tire Co. v. United States Agency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by the Gormley & Jeffery Tire Company against the United States Agency and others. Decree for defendants (169 Fed. 831), and complainant appeals. The decree of the Circuit Court dismissed a bill charging the infringement of letters patent 'No-. 454,Í15, dated June 16, 1891, and No. 558,956, dated April 28, 1896, issued to Thomas B. Jeffery for improvements in wheel tires.
1Per curiam
These patents were before the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the suit of the present complainant against the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, and the opinions of those courts are reported in 155 Fed. 982 and 161 Fed. 337, 88 C. C. A. 308, respectively. The Circuit Court held that the defendants’ tire in that suit did not infringe the patents, and its decision was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.
It is conceded that the tire which was held not to infringe in the Pennsylvania case was practically the same as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gormley & Jeffery Tire Co. v. Pennsylvania Rubber Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1907
- Enterprise Manuf'g Co. v. DeislerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1891
- Gormley & Jeffery Tire Co. v. Pennsylvania Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1908
- Graham v. Oregon R. & Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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