Hoeme v. Jeoffroy

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, as owner" of three United States patents relating to mobile ground working devices, variously called “Shovel Plows, Chisel Plows or Cultivators” brought this suit, alleging infringement and praying injunction and damages. This appeal is from an order refusing, on his motion, to grant a preliminary injunction.

Appellant recognizes that whether a preliminary injunction should be granted in a patent case is discretionary, and that the refusal of such an injunction is the rule, its granting, the exception. He insists that his case is within the exception and…