Prepayment Car Sales Co. v. Orange County Traction Co.

Citations

• 221 F. 939
• 137 C.C.A. 509
• 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 1395

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents ©==>276—Actions at Law fob Inotungevient—Questions foe Coukt.</p> <p>In an action at law for infringement of a patent, tlie burden of proof rests on the plaintiff to establish nov elty and Invention; and where there is no controversy on the facts as to tho meaning of the claims or the disclosures of the prior art, such questions are questions of law to bo1 determined by the court.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Patents, Cent. Dig. §§ 240, 432-434 Dec. Dig. <3=»276.1</p> <p>2. Patents ©=^328—Invention—Passevgeb Oar.</p> <p>The Ross and McDonald patent, No. 800,172, for improvement in passenger cars, in which the entering and departing passengers are separated by a barrier on the platform passing through separate doors, between which the conductor stands on the platform to collect fares from those entering, Is void for lack of invention in view of the prior art.</p> <p><gss>For other cases see same topic & KEY-NÜMI3EK in ail Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>