Legal Opinion
Battery Patents Corp. v. Chicago Cycle Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1940No. 7087PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a decree holding invalid for want of invention design patent No. 107,358, to Lewis, December 7, 1937, filed December 28, 1934.
*1 In his application, Lewis illustrated a combined bicycle wheel mud guard and lamp, the former being practically a half circle, and the latter, a streamlined lamp fixed on top of the guard. This combination, he asserted, was a new, original and ornamental design for a combined bicycle guard and lamp. He claimed “the ornamental design for a combined bicycle guard and lamp, substantially as shown.” The Board of Appeals upon…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McClain v. OrtmayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Smith v. Whitman Saddle Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Standard Match Corp. v. Bell Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936
- Battery Patents Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Republic Rubber Co. v. G. & J. Tire Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Glidden Co. v. ZdanokSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Associated Plastics Companies, Inc. v. Gits Molding CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- Hueter v. Compco CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- S. Dresner & Son, Inc. v. DoppeltCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Burgess Vibrocrafters, Inc. v. Atkins Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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