Block v. Nathan Anklet Support Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the CourtHand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
On the issue, of infringement we think there should be no doubt. A reversal end for end is as readily accomplished by revolving the pad on a diameter through an angle of 180° ás by rotating it in its own plane to a similar extent. Owing to the form of the defendant’s pad, a ludette or segment, it was necessary to do this to effect the result of the patent; but, even were the specifications more expressly limited than they are, we should regard it as an equivalent of the patent. If the patent is to have any value whatever, it ought not to be possible to evade…
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