Mergenthaler Linotype Co. v. Press Pub. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Action by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company against the Press Publishing Company and others for infringement of letters patent. Decree for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an equity action for infringement based upon two letters patent granted to Ottman Mergenthaler for “improvements in machines for producing printing bars.” The first of these patents, No. 313,224, is dated March 3, 1885, and the second, No. 317,828, 'is dated May 12,1885.
It is insisted by the complainant that the principal invention covered by these patents is fundamental, that it has revolutionized the art of printing and is the first practical advance in the art since the days of Guttenberg. The machine which embodies this invention produces a line of type cast…
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