Weisgerber v. Clowney
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 675,693, for a rolling chair, granted June 4, 1901, and No. 35,043, for a design for such chair, granted September 3, 1901 — both to Harry E. Weisgerber. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBAED, District Judge.1
There are two patents in controversy in this case — one mechanical and the other for a design; the subject of each being a rolling chair such as is in vogue on the board walk at Atlantic City, where both the parties to this litigation are engaged as competitors in furnishing these vehicles for public use. The mechanical or functional patent was applied for December 7, 1900, and obtained June 4th following; and the improvement which it covers consists in providing such chairs with screens or guards for the *478wheels and the adjacent running gear, to prevent the contact…
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- Smith v. Whitman Saddle Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Rowe v. Blodgett & Clapp Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1901
- Marvel Co. v. PearlU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1902
- Rowe v. Blodgett & Clapp Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1900
- Eaton v. LewisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1902
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