JAMES HEDDON'S SONS v. SOUTH BEND BAIT CO.

No. 3540.

14 F.2d 805 (1926)

JAMES HEDDON'S SONS, Inc., et al. v. SOUTH BEND BAIT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Banning, of Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

R. G. Lockwood and V. H. Lockwood, both of Indianapolis, Ind., for appellee.

Before ALSCHULER, EVANS, and PAGE, Circuit Judges.


EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Two patents, known as the Dills patents, one a product (No. 1,323,458), and one a process (No. 1,391,670), are involved in this suit. Invalidity of both patents is asserted as the basis for the district court's decision.

The patents deal with fish baits, and the prior art is as crowded as might be expected in view of the subject-matter. In this prior art there were innumerable bait lures which resemble minnows — lures which...

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