Legal Opinion
Levoy v. Styl-Rite Optical Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1949No. Civ. Nos. 8624, 8625PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, District Judge.
In this suit plaintiff seeks treble damages against the defendants because, as he claims, they have not only infringed a design patent issued to him,1 but also that their infringement has been wilful and deliberate.2
The plaintiff has been in the spectacle frame business for many years both as a distributor and as a manufacturer. He testified that in early June of 1946 he experimented with a plastic frame, his object being to make it seem more beautiful than it was. Underlying the experiment was the idea that contrasting material could be added to the frame. Plaintiff…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- General Time Instruments Corp. v. United States Time Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Nat Lewis Purses, Inc. v. Carole Bags, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Ashley v. Samuel C. Tatum Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- American Fabrics Co. v. Richmond Lace WorksCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- J. R. Wood & Sons, Inc. v. Abelson's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Kono Mfg. Co. v. Vogue Optical Mfg. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Monroe B. Levoy v. Styl-Rite Optical Corporation, Monroe B. Levoy v. Ideal Optical Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950