Whitney v. Gair
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
This was a suit in equity by Fred. A. Whitney against Eobert Gair for the infringement of a patent.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The complainant, Whitney, since February, 1888, has been, and is now, the owner of letters patent of the United States, numbered 350,727, issued to Charles W. Elliott, on the 12th day of October, 1886, for a folding paper box. Since the acquisition of such rights, the complainant has .been engaged in the manufacture and sale of folding paper boxes pursuant to such patent, and, from small beginnings, has built v. a business of great extent and value, and the precise box made and sold by him is, for the purpose for which it is intended, the most acceptable and the most…
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