Legal Opinion

Miller v. Brass Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1882No. 31PublishedCited by 246 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Cdurt of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The facts are stated in tbe opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This is a suit brought by Edward Miller & Co. against The Bridgeport Brass Company to restrain the infringement of a patent, and for an account of profits, &c. The patent was for an alleged improvement in lamps, and was originally granted to Joshua E. Ambrose, Oct. 16, 1860, for fourteen years, and was extended for seven years longer.' It was twice surrendered and reissued, once in May, 1873, and again in January, 1876. The court below dismissed the bill on the ground that the second reissue, No. 6844, on which the suit was brought, was not for the same invention which was described and…

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