Johnson v. Lit Bros.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from decrees in two suits tried together of the District Court holding invalid the following three patents: No. 973,200, issued October 18, 1910; No. 1,281,019, issued October 8, 1918; and No. 1,298,346, issued March 25, 191-9. The first two were issued to Horace G. Johnson and to Henry S. Cooper, to whom Johnson assigned one-half interest between the date of application and issue. The third one was issued to Johnson, *260who afterward assigned one-half interest therein to Cooper. The defendant conducts a large department store in Philadelphia, and although…