Legal Opinion
Starr Piano Co. v. Auto Pneumatic Action Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1926No. 3595, 3597PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant in No. 3597, here called plaintiff, sued appellee in No. 3597, here called defendant, charging infringement of expired patent No. 766,601, issued August 2, 1904, for a manually or mechanically operated piano. No. 3595 is a cross-appeal.'
The District Court sustained the patent, and found infringement of claims 26, 27, and 31, and, on an accounting, entered a decree in favor of plaintiff for $81,753.46, profits, and interest thereon at 6 per cent, from August 2, 1921, the expiration date of the patent.
The claims are as follows:
“26. A manually and mechanically…
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- Littlefield v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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