T. L. Smith Co. v. Cement Tile Machinery Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry T. Reed, Judge. Suit in equity by the T. B. Smith Company and others against the Cement Tile Machinery Company. From the decree, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by the T. B. Smith Company and others for infringement of certain claims of patent No. 803,721, issued to that company as assignee November 7, 1905, for an improvement in mixing machines especially adapted for mixing concrete, etc. A prior suit in the Seventh Circuit by the same plaintiffs against one P'oster was defended by the present defendant, the Cement Tile Machinery Company, as the maker and vendor of the machine claimed to infringe. It was held in that case that the Smith patent was not anticipated by prior patents, among which were a British patent,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Foster v. T. L. Smith Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1917
- T. L. Smith Co. v. Cement Tile Machinery Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1918
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- Galion Iron Works & Mfg. Co. v. Beckwith MacHinery Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- B. F. Sturtevant Co. v. Clarage Fan Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1943
- Clements Mfg. Co. v. Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1932
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