Legal Opinion
Benoit v. Wadley Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 5, 1932No. 4527PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Suit was brought on claim 1 of Patent No. 1,674,942, issued June 26, 1928, to Leon Benoit, covering a machine for assembling cartons such as are suitable for the reception of eggs. The court found that claim 1, the only one involved, “if valid, must be strictly construed,” and, when so construed, there was no infringement by appellees’ machine. Benoit is the owner of the patent, and his co-appellant is the exclusive licensee thereunder. Appellees are the manufacturer and the user of the alleged infringing machine.
Claim 1 reads as follows: “1. A carton assembling machine…
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