Thomas French & Sons, Ltd. v. Carleton Venetian Blind Co.

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

This is an action for the infringement of U. S. Patent No. 2,156,150 issued April 25, 1939, and U. S. Patent No. 2,156,151 issued April 25, 1939; both patents were issued to Thomas French & Sons, Ltd., as assignee of George F. French.

Pursuant to Rule 36 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, the defendant’s attorney served the plaintiff’s attorney with a request for admission of the following facts:

“1. That the article by Edwin J. Gibbons, entitled ‘Ladder Tape — Narrow Fabric of Unique Construction’, photostatic copy of which is…