Rickard v. Du Bon
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a suit in equity by Clyde A. Bickard and Edward H. Long against John A. Du Bon for infringement of a patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
The bill and answer herein raise on final hearing the questions of validity and irifringement of complainants’ patent, Ho. 604,388, granted May IT, 1898, to Bickard and Long, for the “art of maturing tobacco leaves.” It will be necessary first to review the history and explain the status of this unique case. For a cigar wrapper it is desirable to have a neutral leaf, without such a pronounced tobacco taste as to interfere with the flavor of the filler, and of a light color, which burns better. Sumatra tobacco leaf, because it possesses these qualities, is greatly in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matheson v. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897
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