Legal Opinion
Dykema v. Liggett Drug Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 7, 1938No. 185PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The patent in suit was originally issued to the plaintiff on February 2, 1932, on his application filed February 7, 1931, for a bottle closure and liquid dropper. On January 29, 1935, after the devices alleged to infringe were all on the market, he applied for a reissue. The patent was reissued on that application as reissue No. 19,520 on April 9, 1935, with nine claims of which all but the first are in suit.
The bottle closure and liquid dropper thus patented is one having mostly admittedly old features. It has a compressible rubber bulb placed over the open end of a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- American Road MacHine Co. v. Pennock & Sharp Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- French v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. v. Northwestern Electric Equipment Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- E. Fredericks, Inc. v. EugeneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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