Smith v. Stewart
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In Equity. Bill by William T. Smith against John Stewart and others for the infringement of design patent No. 18,703.
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
The suit is to recover damages for infringement of design- patent No. 18,703, granted .the complainant October 23, 1888. The defenses are, substantially, want of novelty and invention; failure to mark the rugs as required by law; and noninfringement. As respects the third — alleged failure to mark —no room exists for doubt; the proofs show compliance with the statute.
If the question what constitutes novelty, and invention, in the sense of the statute here involved, was now raised for the first time, I might possibly agree with the defendants. It has, however, been…
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