Legal Opinion

Phœnix Knitting Works v. Rich

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio

Decided November 27, 1911No. 8,068PublishedCited by 2 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Phoenix Knitting Works and the Bradley Knitting Company against Nathan J. Rich, Henry J. Rich, and Samuel S. Sampliner, doing business under the firm name of N. J. Rich & Company. On final hearing. Decree for defendants.

1Opinion of the Court

KILLITS, District Judge.

The complainants sue as assignees of letters patent, dated July 5, 1910, No. 963,235, issued on an application filed August 9, 1909, to Joseph S. Mead, for an improvement in mufflers. The bill contains the customary allegations to establish the validity of the patent, that the invention was in extensive public use, and that the defendants infringed, including a prayer for an accounting and an injunction, preliminary and perpetual. The answer denies the novelty of the invention, that it embodies patentable matter, and that the defendants infringe. No temporary…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Elliott & Co. v. Youngstown Car Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
  2. Phœnix Knitting Works v. Bradley Knitting Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1910
  3. American Roll-Paper Co. v. WestonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
  4. Sipp Electric & Machine Co. v. Atwood-Morrison Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906
  5. Phœnix Knitting Works v. RichU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1911

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hazeltine Corp. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1941
  2. Phœnix Knitting Works v. RichCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913

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