Art Metal Works, Inc. v. Abraham & Straus, Inc.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for the infringement by the defendant of United States patent No. 1,-673,727, issued to Louis Y. Aronson. The claims in issue were 2, 7,12,13, and 14. The District Court held that claims 2, 7, 13, and 14 were valid and infringed by the defendant in the sale of cigar lighters known as the “Evans Automatic,” but that claim 12 was not infringed. It also held that claims 7, 13, and 14 were not infringed by the defendant in the sale of cigar lighters known as the “Evans Roller Bearing” lighters. These were the only claims relied, on in respect to this…