Merrell-Soule Co. v. Rico Milk Products Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by the Merrell-Soule Company against the Rico Milk Products Company for injunction to restrain infringement of a patent.
1Opinion of the Court
GEIGER, District Judge.
This is an application'for a preliminary injunction to restrain alleged infringement of letters patent numbered 860,929, issued July 23, 1907, covering a process of separating the moisture from liquids. The defendant is engaged in the business of condensing and pulverizing milk. The application is resisted on the ground that the patent is invalid and that the defendant is not shown to infringe. In a general way the process consists — dealing with the particular subject of drying or pulverizing milk — in introducing it to a concentrating chamber wherein it may be heated,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Merrell-Soule Co. v. Powdered Milk Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Merrell-Soule Co. v. Powdered Milk Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1914
- Merrell-Soule Co. v. Natural Dry Milk Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
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- Merrell-Soule Co. v. Northland Dairy Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1928