F. W. Rauskolb Co. v. Anthony Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Frederic Dodge, Judge. Suit by the F. W. Rauskolb Company against the Anthony Manufacturing Company. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
The two patents upon which the plaintiff relies are for improvements in the art of metal leaf mountings, and it is apparent that the leading object was to provide improved means for mounting gold leaf upon leather, cloth and other surfaces.
In the court below the defense was noninvention and noninfringement, with the result that that court accepted the patents as valid and, under the rule of limited or narrow construction, found no infringement.
[1] There being no appeal from that part of the decision which gives to the patents the status of invention, there is nothing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitin Mach. Works v. HoughtonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910