Sampson v. Silverman
District Court, D. Rhode Island
In Equity. Suit by Samuel Sampson, doing business as the Hol-Tite Collar Company, against Charles Silverman and Archibald Silverman, doing business as Silverman Bros.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, District Judge
(orally). The bill charges infringement of design patent No. 55,488, June 15, 1920, to Samuel Sampson, for collar holder.
The charge of infringement, and infringement after notice, is established. The defendants have stood upon their rights, and now insist upon their right to manufacture the alleged infringing article, and state that they are the owners of design patent No. 58,295, July 5, 1921, to Charles Silverman, for collar holder. They invoke the presumption of difference arising from a subsequently issued patent.
The essential feature of the design of the Sampson patent in suit is…
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