Rowe v. Blodgett & Clapp Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a suit in equity by Allen H. Rowe against tbe Blodgett & Glapp Company for alleged infringement of a design patent for a horseshoe calk.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
To this bill in equity for infringement of patent No. 26,587, granted to complainant February 2, 1897, for a design for a horseshoe calk, defendant demurs on the ground that said design “is the product of mere mechanical skill, not amounting to a patentable invention.” Tbe defendant, in his brief, cites a number of patents, and asks the court to take judicial notice thereof, and (hereupon to hold that ihe configuration claimed in the patent in suit is lacking in originality and beauty. The court has no personal knowledge as to these matters, and does not understand…
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