Legal Opinion
McWilliams Manuf'g Co. v. Blundell
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 24, 1882PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. Motion for a preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Colt, D. J.
The complainant having acquired title by assignment to a certain patent issued August 3, 1869, to John McWilliams, and reissued March 23,1880, for an improvement in die-holders for screw-presses used largely in the manufacture of jewelry, asks that an injunction may issue against the defendant for an alleged infringement. The old use of wedges to secure dies in the holder being subject to serious objections, this invention of McWilliams aims to overcome them. It consists in the use of a sliding clamp-piece moving in1 a slot, arranged to adjust itself to the die, being forced…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Carver v. Braintree Manuf'g Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1843
- Stimpson v. West Chester RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- Potter v. WhitneyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1866
- Tracy v. TorreyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1851
- Boomer v. United Power Press Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1875
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