Bishop & Babcock Co. v. Levine

Citations

• 119 F. 363
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5267

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents—Contributory Infringement—Sale of Uncompleted Article.</p> <p>One who makes and sells a part of a structure, adapted and intended to be completed by the purchaser, and which when so completed is an infringement of that of a patent, is a contributory infringer, although the uncompleted article as it leaves his hands lacks essential elements of the patented device, and in itself is not an infringement, where, unless so completed, it is not operative and has no commercial value.</p> <p>2. Same—Liquor Cabinet.</p> <p>The Berner patent, No. 537,434, for a combination cabinet for liquids on draught, claims 1 and 2 construed, and defendant held chargeable with contributory infringement in making and selling the shell of a cabinet adapted to be completed by the insertion and connection of pipes and faucets, and which, on such completion, is substantially the structure of the patent.</p> <p>¶ 1. Contributory infringement of patents, see notes to Edison Electric Light Co. v. Peninsular Light, Power & Heat Co., 43 C. C. A. 485.</p>