Outlook Envelope Co. v. Samuel Cupples Envelope Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree entered on December 3, 1913, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought by complainant against defendant for infringement of claims 5 and 15 of letters patent No. 893,105, granted July 14, 1908, to William D. Slater, on a machine for making what are…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree entered on December 3, 1913, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought by complainant against defendant for infringement of claims 5 and 15 of letters patent No. 893,105, granted July 14, 1908, to William D. Slater, on a machine for making what are known as outlook or window envelopes. The Outlook Envelope Company is a corporation duly created and existing under the…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The patent in suit, it is claimed, shows and describes the first automatic machine for making “Outlook” or “Window” envelopes.
*329[2] A window envelope is one which has on its face a patch of transparent paper forming a window through which an address written or printed upon an inclosure can he seen. The use of the window does away with the necessity of addressing tifie envelope and also all liability of an erroneous address being given to the envelope or one different from that given upon the inclosure, as the same address serves as the address of the indosure…
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- Hobbs v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- McCormick v. TalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Consolidated Safety-Valve Co. v. Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Beach v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
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- Bird v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- Outlook Envelope Co. v. Whiting-Patterson Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1916