Legal Opinion

Bradford v. Expanded Metal Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 10, 1906No. 4PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

1Opinion of the Court

DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

The Expanded Metal Company and Chess Bros., the company’s exclusive licensees in the state of Pennsylvania, were the complainants below, and charged the appellants with infringing letters patent No. 527,242, issued in October, 1894, for an invention made by John E. Golding and assigned to the Metal Company before the letters were actually issued. The subject of the invention, as declared in the specification, is “a new and useful improvement in the art of expanding sheet metal”; and the precise improvement which the applicant asserted that he had made was the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. O'Reilly v. MorseSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  2. Burr v. DuryeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  3. Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works v. MedartSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. General Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
  2. Expanded Metal Co. v. General Fireproofing Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1917
  3. International Telephone Mfg. Co. v. Kellogg Switch Board & Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
  4. Lowell v. TriplettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
  5. Expanded Metal Co. v. General Fireproofing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908

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