Perfection Cooler Co. v. Rotax Co.

HOUGH, Cirfcuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). The history of this case is substantially identical with that of Union Tool Co. v. Wilson, 259 U. S. 107, as related at page 109, 42 Sup. Ct. 427, 66 L. Ed. 848. That decision is enough to show that, however important is an affirmed interlocutory decree in a patent cause, made after what is commonly'called “final hearing,!’ such decree is not “final” in the technical sense of that word. It makes no difference that for all practical purposes it finally adjudicates most important points, i. e., title and infringement; it remains…