Goodbody v. Firestone Steel Products Co.

RAYMOND, District Judge.

This appeal involves the validity and infringement of United States letters patent No. 1,031,236, issued to the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, July 2, 1912, on application of P. B. Bosworth, for vehicle wheel rims. Applicant assigned to patentee prior to issuance of patent, and plaintiff appellee is now the owner thereof by assignment in 1918. The infringement charged is alleged to have been by defendant as receiver while operating the plants of the Hydraulic Steel Company and the Cleveland Welding & Manufacturing Company. The District Court held the patent valid and…