Schram Glass Mfg. Co. v. Homer Brooke Glass Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the Homer Brooke Glass Company against the Schram Glass Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
From a decree sustaining patent No. 723,983, granted to Homer Brooke, March 31, 1903, holding appellant had infringed it, and enjoining further infringement, this appeal is taken. The defenses are invalidity and noninfringement.
The patent to Brooke relates to an apparatus for cutting and distributing molten materials, particularly glass, and is of particular value to the manufacturer of fruit jars, bottles, and other similar glass objects used by the public in large quantities, the cost of which constitutes an important factor in their successful manufacture. While *229the…
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