Majestic Electric Development Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Second Division of the Northern District of California; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit in equity by the Majestic Electric Development Company against the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (two cases). Decrees for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOUVERTON, District Judge.
In these cases are involved the validity of two design patents, numbered respectively 51,043 and 51,253, and, if valid, whether infringed by the defendant’s device. The first comprises a front and rear perspective view of plaintiff’s Exhibit 2, in case No. 492, and Exhibit 5, in 544, as designated in the lower court; and the second, a front and side perspective view of plaintiff’s 1 (xhibit 2 in case No. 544. The first of these contains the annular flange as shown in the utility patent No. 1,245,084, produced in case No. 3617, (276 Fed. 682), which is at this time…
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