Legal Opinion

Klotz v. Rubinstein

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided March 31, 1941No. Civil No. 1489Published

1Opinion of the Court

GALSTON, District Judge.

This suit involves the alleged infringement of two patents relating to brief bags. The earlier one is to Trager, No. 1,768,496. granted June 24, 1930; the other to Klotz, No. 2,043,833, on June 9, 1936.

The usual defenses of invalidity and non-infringement are urged.

Trager sought to design a brief bag which would dispense with the usual stitching operations. To accomplish that he described a bag in which the bottom and ends or gussets are reinforced by metallic strips, the strips being attached in such a manner as to dispense with the stitching of the material. Claims…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Temco Electric Motor Co. v. Apco Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Concrete Appliances Co. v. GomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931

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