Charles Boldt Co. v. Turner Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit in equity by the Charles Boldt Company against the Turner Bros. Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. Appellant brought suit in the Circuit Court to restrain infringement of ■ design patent No. 39,921, granted April 20, 1909, to Charles Boldt for a design for bottles.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit in equity by the Charles Boldt Company against the Turner Bros. Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. Appellant brought suit in the Circuit Court to restrain infringement of ■ design patent No. 39,921, granted April 20, 1909, to Charles Boldt for a design for bottles. The specification and claim road as follows, viz.: “Be it known that I, Charles Boldt, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ginciimati, in the county of Hamilton and state of Ohio, have invented a new, original, and…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above), [1] Section 4929 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act May 9, 1902, c. 783, 32 Stat. 193 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1457), under which the patent was granted, reads as follows, viz.:
“Sec. 4929. Any person who has invented any new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture, not known or used by others in this country before his invention thereof, and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country before his invention *141thereof, or more than two years prior to his application, and not in public…
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