H. W. GOSSARD CO. v. NEATFORM CO.


143 F.Supp. 139 (1956)

The H. W. GOSSARD CO., Plaintiff, v. The NEATFORM CO., Inc., Defendant. The H. W. GOSSARD CO., Plaintiff, v. PRIMROSE FOUNDATIONS, Inc., Defendant. The H. W. GOSSARD CO., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BRASSIERE CO., Inc., Defendant. The H. W. GOSSARD CO., Plaintiff, v. CUPID FOUNDATIONS, Inc., Defendant. The H. W. GOSSARD CO., Plaintiff, v. FORTUNA FOUNDATIONS, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 20, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Malcolm, New York City, for plaintiff, Arthur H. Boettcher and Arthur C. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Armand E. Lackenbach, New York City, for defendants.


DAWSON, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, the H. W. Gossard Co., against five defendants for infringement of United States Design Letters Patent No. 174,054. The subject matter of the design patent is an ornamental design for a panty girdle, a woman's undergarment. In their respective answers, defendants specifically deny validity of the patent in question and counterclaim for a declaratory judgment of invalidity of the patent. The defendants...

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