Barber v. Otis Motor Sales Co.
District Court, N.D. New York
In Equity. Suit to restrain infringement of patent by William Barber against the Otis Motor Sales Company. This is an action in equity to restrain alleged infringement of United States letters patent No. 781,802, dated February 7, 1005, for “valves and valve gear for explosive engines,” and which patent was applied for February 24, 1902. The case originally came on for final hearing on pleadings and proof on November 18, 1915, and this court, after consideration of the…
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In Equity. Suit to restrain infringement of patent by William Barber against the Otis Motor Sales Company. This is an action in equity to restrain alleged infringement of United States letters patent No. 781,802, dated February 7, 1005, for “valves and valve gear for explosive engines,” and which patent was applied for February 24, 1902. The case originally came on for final hearing on pleadings and proof on November 18, 1915, and this court, after consideration of the proofs and of the prior art, reached the conclusion that the Barber patent was valid and infringed by the defendant. 231 Fed.…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The Barber patent, No. 781,802, has been before this court repeatedly in various litigations, and after most careful study of the numerous prior art patents, presented to the. court in the various litigations to which said patent has been subjected, it has successfully withstood the attacks made upon its validity. The structure which the Barber patent shows and describes, the invention which it defines in claims 8 and 9 thereof, these being the claims here involved, the problem which this invention successfully and satisfactorily solves, and the conclusions…
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- Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Bates v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad v. StimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Barber v. Otis Motor Sales Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
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