Copley Plaza Operating Co. v. Schaum & Uhlinger, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; George W. Anderson, Judge. Suit in equity by Schaum & Uhlinger, Incorporated, against Copley Plaza Operating Company. Decree for complainant and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in a patent infringement case. The appellee is the owner of patent No. 1,063,478, issued on June 3, 1913, to Jean Uebersax, of Switzerland, for a “process for polishing silver utensils.”
The defenses were invalidity and noninfringement, and upon both the District Court found in favor of the appellee.
*141The piocess of the patent may be briefly described as one for polishing silver utensils by subjecting them to rotation while suspended in an approximately central position within a polishing mass, and is thus described by the inventor in his application:
“This…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Expanded Metal Co. v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Schaum & Uhlinger, Inc. v. Copley-Plaza Operating Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1919
3Cited by1 opinion
- Donner v. Sheer Pharmacal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933