Legal Opinion

International Tooth-Crown Co. v. Kyle

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided July 31, 1899Published

This was a suit in equity by the International Tooth-Crown Company against James Orr Kyle for alleged infringement of a patent for an improvement in dentistry.

1Opinion of the Court

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

Final hearing on bill and answer raising questions of validity and infringement of complainant’s patent, No. 238,940, issued March 15,1881, to James E. Low, its assignor, for an improvement in dentistry. This patent has already been before this court in the suit of this complainant against Richmond (30 Fed. 775), where the patent was sustained, and in its suit against Bennet (23 C. C. A. 179, 77 Fed. 313), where the circuit court and court of appeals held that the patent was anticipated. The opinions in said suits show the character of the patented invention, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. International Tooth Crown Co. v. RichmondU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1887
  2. International Tooth-Crown Co. v. BennetCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896

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