Blessing v. Gordon Textile Co.

CONGER, District Judge.

Motion for preliminary injunction in a patent infringement suit.

Courts should be very careful in granting prelimináry injunctions of this type. It is, in effect, pre-judging the case upon the merits, upon affidavits. In order to grant this preliminary injunction, I have to assume that the patent of the plaintiff is valid. In determining the validity of a patent, the court is usually controlled to a large extent, by prior adjudications. Plaintiff urges prior adjudication of this patent and the validity thereof in the case of L. G. Blessing v. Consolidated Trimming…