Irving v. Kerlow Steel Flooring Co.

CLARK, District Judge.

The usual search for that needle in the haystack of patent jurisprudence, the spark of genius in the improvement. The plaintiff company describes itself as the oldest and largest manufacturer of open metallic flooring. This modest assertion finds confirmation in the file of alleged anticipating patents. All but one of these patents is owned by the corporate plaintiff and of these two are the brain children of this corporation’s president, Mr. Irving. The defendant is a company also engaged in the steel flooring business. So far, at least, it appears to operate without…