Sanson Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Nebel Knitting Co.

WARLICK, District Judge.

This is a suit for infringement of Bley Design Patents Numbers 151,732 and 151,733, which issued from the Patent Office on November 16, 1948 for designs for ladies’ hosiery. The patents were for a term of fourteen years. William G. Bley was the inventor and subsequently assigned his application for invention to himself and one Richard C. Spurgeon, who, traded as co-partners, under the style name of Bley and Spurgeon. Subsequently and prior to the institution of this action the partnership assigned one half interest to the Sanson Hosiery Mills, Inc., all of whom holding…