Legal Opinion
Glen Raven Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Sanson Hosiery Mills, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1951No. 6218_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit for infringement of a design patent for an ornamental design on women’s hosiery. The defense challenges the validity, denies infringement and alleges non-enforceability of the patent because of abuse of the monopoly. The evidence shows that the contentions of non-infringement and abuse of monopoly are utterly lacking in merit; the trial court so held; and we shall confine ourselves chiefly in this appeal to the question of validity which was also decided below in favor of the plaintiff.
The patent in suit, U. S. Patent No. Des. 151,732, is one of two patents…
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- Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
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