Legal Opinion
Mabey v. Howard & Lewis Motor Sales, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1942No. 3788PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This suit for patent infringement presents the question whether the application of a skeleton frame to prevent horizontal or vertical movement of a battery in an over-size container involves invention. The District Court held the patent invalid (O’Brien v. Howard & Lewis Motor Sales, Inc., 1941, 42 F.Supp. 329), and plaintiffs appealed.
Appellants are the patentee under U. S. Patent No. 1,677,789, granted on July 17, 1928 and his assignee of a part interest. The charge of infringement is based upon sales by appellee of Ford motor cars alleged to have contained an infringing device. It was…
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