Legal Opinion

Goodyear Shoe Mach. Co. v. Spaulding

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided May 4, 1900No. Nos. 1,008, 1,009PublishedCited by 15 opinions

In Equity. These were suits in equity for infringement of two patents. On final bearing.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, District Judge.

The defendants in these two cases, respectively, use machines of the same construction. A single mechanical device is alleged to infringe two distinct patents. The Spaulding suit is on letters patent 412,704, dated October 8, 1889, to French & Meyer, for a shoe-sewing machine. Claims 1, 2, and 5 are involved. It is unnecessary to distinguish them, since a finding as to one is decisive as to all. The Cook suit is on letters patent 564,986, dated August 4, 1896, to Fowler & Warren, for a shoe-sewing machine. This patent has but one claim. In each case the sole question is…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Bryan W. Nickerson, Jr. v. The Bearfoot Sole Company, Inc., the Bearfoot Airway Corporation,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  2. Edison v. American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
  3. Grubman Engineering & Mfg. Co. v. GoldbergerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  4. Grant v. KopplCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
  5. Panduit Corporation v. Stahlin Bros. Fibre Works, Inc.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1969

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