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Chadeloid Chemical Co. v. Wilson Remover Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 12, 1915No. 232PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, On appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York holding valid and infringed claims 6, 7, and 8 of letters patent No. 714,880 granted December 2, 1902, to Carleton Ellis for a composition for removing paint and varnish.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, On appeal from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York holding valid and infringed claims 6, 7, and 8 of letters patent No. 714,880 granted December 2, 1902, to Carleton Ellis for a composition for removing paint and varnish. The patent has been the subject of protracted litigation but it has been uniformly sustained not only by Judge Lacombe and Judge Learned Hand in the present suit ([D. G.] 220 Fed. 681), but also by Judge Hazel in the Southern District of New York in an…

1Opinion of the Court

COXE, Circuit Judge.

Few patents have been subjected to so protracted, determined and ingenious attacks as the patent here in issue. Every argument that the able and resourceful lawyers who have represented the defendants could discover in opposition to the patent has been advanced, considered and overruled by an unbroken line of decisions sustaining the patent and holding its claims infringed. Judging from.the prior opinions no argument against the validity of the patent has been overlooked or neglected. Every effort has been made to secure a construction of the claims which would permit an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chadeloid Chemical Co. v. Frank S. De Ronde Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1906

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Donner v. Sheer Pharmacal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
  2. International Mercantile Marine S. S. Co. v. W. & A. Fletcher Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  3. Montgomery v. MarzallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  4. Calhoun v. State Chemical Manufacturing CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1957
  5. Steinfur Patents Corp. v. J. Meyerson, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1931

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