Waterbury Buckle Co. v. G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. Suit in equity by the Waterbury Buckle Company against the G. E. Prentice Manufacturing Company for infringement of a patent. From an order denying an application for preliminary injunction, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant sues for infringement of patent No. 847,811 dated'March 19, 1907, for a suspender buckle. The patent was sustained in this court in Waterbury v. Aston, 183 Fed. 120, 105 C. C. A. 410. The appellant moved for a preliminary injunction on affidavits, and the appellee interposed an affidavit in defense alleging: First, that the appellant was making the exact form of buckle shown in the expired patent to Dwight L. Smith, No. 762,662, dated June 14,1904, and issued to the appellant as assignee and, consequently, had the legal right so to do because the Smith…
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