Legal Opinion

Arkell Safety Bag Co. v. Safepack Mills

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 21, 1921No. 1146PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; G. W. Anderson, Judge. Suit in equity by the Arkell Safety Bag Company against the Safe-pack Mills. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. The following is the opinion of Anderson, Circuit Judge, in the court below: The plaintiff’s counsel lias presented his client’s contentions with extraordinary ability, learning and grace.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; G. W. Anderson, Judge. Suit in equity by the Arkell Safety Bag Company against the Safe-pack Mills. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. The following is the opinion of Anderson, Circuit Judge, in the court below: The plaintiff’s counsel lias presented his client’s contentions with extraordinary ability, learning and grace. But I fail to be convinced that the claims in the plaintiff’s patents, alleged to he infringed by the defendant, involve any real and patentable inventions. I think and find…

1Opinion of the Court

BINQHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for Massachusetts in an equity suit charging infringement of letters patent Nos. 790,021, 790,022, and 790,023, issued to James Arkell May 16, 1905, on applications filed December 21, 1901, July 17, 1903, and May 26, 1904, respectively. The first patent is for a process for making stretchable crinkled paper from finished paper for wrapping or packing purposes; the second is for a machine for making such paper according to the process of the first patent; and the third is for a process and a machine for making paper…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Angier v. Nehring Electrical WorksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1930
  2. Humphrey v. The J.M. Smucker CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2023
  3. White v. Relay ResourceDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2019

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