Legal Opinion
Jacquard Knitting MacHine Co., Inc. v. Ordnance Gauge Co., Inc. Jacquard Knitting MacHine Co., Inc. v. Ordnance Gauge Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 19, 1954No. 10992_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement case. The district court held the patent invalid. 108 F.Supp. 59. Defendant’s counterclaim seeking a preliminary injunction was denied. Both sides appeal.
The patent involved, United States 2,-897,456, is a method of transferring stitches from one needle to another in knitting machines or to another loop-receiving instrument. Its primary application, as in this instance, is to automatic knitting machines. The first of its two claims concerns the expansion of the stitch or loop so as to lessen the strain on the material; the second with…
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