P. E. Sharpless Co. v. Crawford Farms, Inc.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sues for infringement of patent No. 1,258,438 granted to Nusbaum, applied for May 22, 1917, and granted March 5, 1918. It is a grant of a monopoly for a process and a product. The bill also asks for injunctive relief, claiming unfair competition in trade in the packaging and marketing of the product.

The appellant is a Pennsylvania corporation and makes cheese and sells the same commercially in packages. The appellee is a New York corporation and also makes cheese and markets the same commercially in similar sized packages. The inventor, Nusbaum, says he…