Forchheimer v. Franc, Strohmenger & Cowan, Inc.

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from interlocutory orders of the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio involves validity and infringement of the Langsdorf patent for neckties, No. 1,447,-090, issued upon an application filed April 12, 1922. There are five claims in the patent, the first four of which wore held valid and infringed and the fifth hold invalid. They are set out in the margin.1

Langsdorf’s tie consists of a body or outside portion of silk cut on the bias, a woven fabric resilient lining cut on the bias, and loose stitching connecting the body portion with the lining.…