Individual Drinking Cup Co. v. United States Drinking Cup Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Equity. Suit by the Individual Drinking Cup Company against the United States Drinking Cup Company. On final hearing. Decree for complainant. '
1Opinion of the Court
HATGHT, District Judge.
The bill in this case seeks to enjoin an alleged infringement of United States letters patent No. 1,043,854, granted to Eawrence W. Euellen, and dated November 12, 1912. The subject-matter of the patent is a device for storing and dispensing individual drinking cups in a simple and sanitary manner. Its object, broadly stated, is to provide a substitute for the public drinking cup.
It had been recognized for a number of years that the public drinking cup was a menace to health, and that something was needed to *332take its place.' The difficulty had been to-find an adequate…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Winans v. DenmeadSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Hobbs v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- O'Rourke Engineering Const. Co. v. McMullenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- Westmoreland Specialty Co. v. HoganCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1909
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Individual Drinking Cup Co. v. Public Service Cup Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1915
- Individual Drinking Cup Co. v. Sanitary Products Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1920
- Sanitary Products Corp. v. Individual Drinking Cup Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1921