Grier Bros. v. Baldwin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Charles P. Orr, Judge. Suit in equity by Frederick F. Baldwin and the John Simmons Company against the Grier Bros. Company. Decree for complainants, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
The bill in this suit charges (1) infringement of reissued letters patent No. 13,542, and (2) unfair competition in the sale of the lamp covered thereby. It came first before the late Judge Young, who refused a preliminary injunction to restrain infringement, but granted it to restrain unfair competition. (D. *736C.) 210 Fed. 560. Upon final hearing, before Judge Orr, a final injunction was granted upon both grounds. (D. C.) 215 Fed. 735.
1. In order to understand the first branch of the controversy, the scope of the original letters patent must be determined. They…
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