Handel Co. v. Jefferson Glass Co.

DAYTON, District Judge.

[1] The plaintiff has instituted this suit for infringement of United States patent, No. 979,664, issued December 27, 1910, coupled with a charge of unfair competition. Both of the corporation defendants have answered, fully traversing the allegations of the bills. The subject-matter of the controversy relates to the manufacture and sale of lamp shade holders. The defendant the Jefferson Glass Company, in its separate answer, specifically and positively denies that it is—

“engaged in the use, manufacture, or sale of said shade holders, such as described in plaintiff’s…