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Lederer v. Garage Equipment Mfg. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 2, 1916No. 2329PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Ferdinand A. Geiger, Judge. Suit in equity by Friederich Ecderer against the Garage Equipment Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Ferdinand A. Geiger, Judge. Suit in equity by Friederich Ecderer against the Garage Equipment Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. The following is the opinion of Geiger, District Judge, in the court below: This case is not unlike others in this respect: There is quite a large prior art in a general sense—that is to say, an automobile bumper art; and I believe that the patent here must be considered in the light of this further fact, that it is an art which has had…

1Per curiam

[1] This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree finding that claims 9, 10, 11, and 12 of patent No. 1,035,610, granted to appellee on August 13, 1912, for an automobile bumper, are valid and infringed, enjoining appellant from further infringement thereof, and referring the case to a master for an accounting of profits and damages. On' the grounds stated by Judge Geiger at the trial, we concur in the findings of fact that the claims in suit are valid and infringed.

[2] Appellant, assigning error on the court’s action in striking out a portion of its answer, which denies appellee’s right to…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. John Zwack, Bela Zwack and Dora Zwack, as Co-Partners Doing Business as J. Zwack & Company v. Kraus Bros. & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  2. Flat Slab Patents Co. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
  3. Sheldon v. Moredall Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  4. Chadeloid Chemical Co. v. H. B. Chalmers Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
  5. Brick v. A. I. Namm & Sons, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1927

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