Webster Loom Co. v. Higgins
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[This was a bill in equity by tbe Webster Loom Company against Elias S. Higgins and Nathaniel D. Higgins for alleged infringement of a patent.]
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
This suit is brought for relief against an alleged infringement of letters patent No. 130,961, issued, August 27th, 1S72, to William Webster, and owned by the plaintiff, for an improvement in looms for weaving pile fabrics. The defendants, in their answer, allege, that, by previous contract with Webster, they are the owners of all such improvements made by him, deny that he was the first inventor of the invention patented, and allege, that, before the time of any invention thereof by him, the same, or substantial and material parts thereof, were described in, among…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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