Legal Opinion
Lay v. Indianapolis Brush & Broom Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 1903No. 894PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana.
1Opinion of the Court
BUNN, District Judge.
This is an appeal by complainants below from a decree dismissing a bill brought for infringement of patent No. 652,542, for an improvement in broom cases, granted Samuel C. Lay, June 26, 1900. The defenses are: (1) Prior sale or use two. years before filing the application for the patent. (2) Prior sale or use two years before filing a prior application for a patent on the same invention. (3) Want of novelty. The bill was dismissed in the Circuit Court, after hearing, on the ground of prior sale and use for nearly five years before filing the application for the patent in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kittle v. HallU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1887
- Lindsay v. SteinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1882
- Weir v. MordenUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Rosenberg v. Carr Fastener Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Detroit Iron & Steel Co. v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916
- Lorenz v. Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1945
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1911