Printed Publication Case - Adam Mahood

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.