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== Background of the Case == | == Background of the Case == | ||
** Truman v. Cargill Manufacturing Co. | |||
** California Federal Circuit Court | |||
** De Witt Putnam, working for the Truman company got a patent on September 14, 1880 for the exclusive right to making a horse carriage with feet straps connecting directly to the seat, for the coverage of San Francisco County alone. | |||
** It would appear that ostensibly, this set up would elminiate unwanted jostling of the rider by allowing the feet and seat to move in unison, not separately. | |||
** Putnam's company in 1893 asked the defendant to produce around 125 carts according to the patent, but when finished would only receive around half of the order. | |||
** The defendant then sold the rest of the unreceived order in the county covered by the patent. | |||
** Truman subsequently sued for infringement. | |||
** There were several differing district cases regarding this issue that needed to be resolved so it was reviewed by the Federal Court. | |||
== Opinion and Holding == | == Opinion and Holding == | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 23 March 2011
Background of the Case
- Truman v. Cargill Manufacturing Co.
- California Federal Circuit Court
- De Witt Putnam, working for the Truman company got a patent on September 14, 1880 for the exclusive right to making a horse carriage with feet straps connecting directly to the seat, for the coverage of San Francisco County alone.
- It would appear that ostensibly, this set up would elminiate unwanted jostling of the rider by allowing the feet and seat to move in unison, not separately.
- Putnam's company in 1893 asked the defendant to produce around 125 carts according to the patent, but when finished would only receive around half of the order.
- The defendant then sold the rest of the unreceived order in the county covered by the patent.
- Truman subsequently sued for infringement.
- There were several differing district cases regarding this issue that needed to be resolved so it was reviewed by the Federal Court.
