Autosales Gum & Chocolate Co. v. Caille Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit in equity by the Autosales Gum & Chocolate Company and the Empire Trust Company against the 'Caille Bros. Company. Decree for defendant, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit brought to enjoin alleged infringement of a patent. The decree does not state the ground of dismissal, nor does any written opinion appear to have been rendered; but counsel in effect agree that the court stated orally that the device in suit lacks patentable invention. The patent, numbered 659,910, was issued to Eeroy W. Baldwin, October 16, 1900, and in terms for “an alleged new and useful improvemept in dial faces for weighing machines”; and appellant, the Autosales Gum & Chocolate Company,…
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- National Cash Register Co. v. American Cash Register Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1892
- Richards v. Chase Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Brinkerhoff v. AloeSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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