Legal Opinion
Respro, Inc. v. Sydeman
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 19, 1926No. 2165PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a suit for the infringement of reissue patent to Respess, No. 15,602, dated May 15, 1923, and a later patent to him (in the order of original applications), No. 1,524,573, dated January 27,1925. The first of these covers a process of making unwoven fabrics; the second, a process of making such fabrics and the product. The principal defense is that the patents are invalid for lack of novelty. As to the reissue patent, there is a further defense that it is also invalid because improperly reissued, and as to the other patent that certain claims in suit are not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. SeiberlingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1918
- ADT v. Bay State Optical Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1915
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