Legal Opinion
McGrath Holding Corp. v. Anzell
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 22, 1931No. 5191Published
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
This is a patent infringement suit in which the defendant is charged with the infringement of letters patent No. 1,701,940, issued February 12, 1929, for an improvement in a tire mirror, and No. 1,719,821, issued July 9, 1929, for a rear-view mirror bracket.
The defenses to both patents are invalidity and noninfringement.
For purposes of simplicity, the former patent will in this opinion be referred to as the “tire mirror patent,” and the latter the “hinge mirror patent.”
The tire mirror was devised to be mounted on the spare tire on the side of the automobile, usually…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Langan v. Warren Axe & Tool Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
- Backstay Machine & Leather Co. v. Zenite Metal Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1923
- General Electric Co. v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911
- Hartford v. MooreU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910