Imperial Bottle Cap & Machine Co. v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWEEY, District Judge.
The validity of the Painter patent, No. 468,258, which the court below adjudged to have been infringed by defendants, was not challenged in the argument here when the case was submitted, but pending our consideration of the appeal, and prior to decision, the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit delivered its opinion in Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Standard Stopper Co., 136 Fed. 841, holding this patent invalid for want of patentable novelty. In view of the importance of having uniformity of adjudication in the federal tribunals, especially in patent causes, where…
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