Legal Opinion

Singer v. Braunsdorf

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided September 20, 1870PublishedCited by 4 opinions

[This was a bill in equity by Isaac M. Singer and Edward Clark against Julius E. Braunsdorf and Henry Weil for the infringement of letters patent No. 16,030, granted to plaintiff Isaac M. Singer November 4, 1856.]

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

This suit is brought to recover for the alleged infringement of letters patent granted to Isaac M. Singer, November 4th, 1856, for an “improvement in sewing machines.” The plaintiffs claim that the defendants have, by the manufacture and sale of a sewing machine called the Aetna machine, infringed all the claims of the patent, which are four in number: (1) “Operating the needle, to give it the required reciprocating motions, substantially such as described, by a crank-pin, or roller, on a ro- . tating shaft, acting in a cam-groove, substantially such as herein…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Westinghouse v. New York Air-Brake Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1893
  2. Independent Electric Co. v. Jeffrey Manuf'g Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1896
  3. Bowers v. San Francisco Bridge Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1895
  4. Victor Talking Mach. Co. v. American Graphophone Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1905

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