St. Louis Corset Co. v. Williamson Corset & Brace Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
This was a suit in equity by the St. Louis Corset Company against the Williamson Corset & Brace Company and others for alleged infringement of a patent for improvements in corsets.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This is a suit to enjoin the alleged infringement of letters patent Ho. 254,992, issued to William Mc-Cabe, for an improvement in corsets. The defenses are anticipation and noninfringement. The claim of the patent is for a combination of two elements: (1) A hip section composed of a'stayed body; (2) a corded overlay extending from the top of the hip section to about the waist line, and then so cut away over the hip as to expose a portion of the section. This hip section is undeniably an old element. It is described in the patent as “cut in the usual manner, from doubled…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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