Legal Opinion
Wirt v. Farrelly
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided February 9, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions
This was a suit in equity by Paul E. Wirt against Stephen Farrelly and others for alleged infringement of a patent for a fountain pen.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
This suit is brought upon patent No. 260,1:54, dated June 27, 1882, and granted to Marvin C. Stone, for a fountain penholder wherein the ink is drawn to the nibs of the pen by capillary attraction between a feed plate or plates and the pen. The claims in question are:
“(2) In a fountain pen, the combination of the body wherein a column of ink is sustained mainly by atmospheric pressure, a writing pen of ordinary form at the lower end of said body, one or more feeders with surfaces lying adjacent to the pen, and extending from the ink supply downward to the point of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dashiell v. GrosvenorSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Universal Winding Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1897
- Sackett v. SmithU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1890
- Wirt v. HicksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1891
3Cited by2 opinions
- Schuricht v. McNuttDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1928
- Farrelly v. WirtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898