Morgan Envelope Co. v. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE ,CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED ' STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in equity to recover damages for the infringement of three letters patent issued to Oliver H. Hicks of Chicago, and assigned to the appellant, viz.: Patent No. 325,410, issued September 1, 1885, for a “package of toilet paper,” known as the “Oval Koll” or “Oval King” package. (2) Patent No. 325,174, issued August 25, 1885, for a “ toilet-paper fixture.”
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APPEAL PROM THE ,CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED ' STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in equity to recover damages for the infringement of three letters patent issued to Oliver H. Hicks of Chicago, and assigned to the appellant, viz.: Patent No. 325,410, issued September 1, 1885, for a “package of toilet paper,” known as the “Oval Koll” or “Oval King” package. (2) Patent No. 325,174, issued August 25, 1885, for a “ toilet-paper fixture.” (3) Patent No. 357,993, issued February 15, 1887, for an “ apparatus for holding toilet paper.” These are known as the “ Oval King ”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Prior to the inventions covered by the patents in this case, toilet paper had been put up in packages of sheets cut to a convenient size, sometimes attached together by a wire, or in cylindrical rolls of continuous length, either perforated transversely at proper intervals for the convenient detachment, of ■» the sheets, or in similar rolls not perforated, but designed to ■be cut by a device having a sharp edge, to which the rolls were attached. All these methods proved to be objectionable on account of the temptation offered to greed or wastefulness, in the facility with which unnecessary…
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