Consolidated Fastener Co. v. Hays
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
This was a suit in equity by the Consolidated Fastener Company against Daniel Hays and Lewis A. Tate for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in buttons. The cause was heard on a motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
OOXE, District Judge.
This is a motion for a preliminary injunction to restrain the infringement of .letters patent Ho. 325,430, granted to Albert G-. Mead, September 1, 1885, for improvements in buttons. The validity of the patent was affirmed in Kent v. Simons, 39 Fed. 606. Since .then the patent has been several times before the courts and has, in each instance, been upheld. Upon this motion the only question open for discussion is the question of infringement, although, here also, the logical deduction from the Kent decision leads to a conclusion adverse to the defendants. The infringing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kent v. SimonsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1889