Blisscraft v. Rona Plastic Corp.

Second Circuit

Blisscraft v. Rona Plastic Corp.

219 F.2d 238

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit·Decided February 2, 1955·No. No. 118, Docket 23253·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The commercial embodiment of the design patent in suit is a plastic butter dish. Prior to patenting the design the patentee examined all the butter dishes on the market and hit upon a slightly different shape which his wife said had “appeal”. The purchasing public apparently agreed with her, for the plaintiffs have sold more than 4,000,000 of such dishes since they began to manufacture the article in 1948. Judge Noonan ruled the patent, if valid, was infringed, but held it invalid for lack of invention. We agree.

The judgment is affirmed on the opinion of the district court, 123 F.Supp. 552.

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PER CURIAM.

The commercial embodiment of the design patent in suit is a plastic butter dish. Prior to patenting the design the patentee examined all the butter dishes on the market and hit upon a slightly different shape which his wife said had “appeal”. The purchasing public apparently agreed with her, for the plaintiffs have sold more than 4,000,000 of such dishes since they began to manufacture the article in 1948. Judge Noonan ruled the patent, if valid, was infringed, but held it invalid for lack of invention. We agree.

The judgment is affirmed on the opinion of the district court, 123 F.Supp. 552.

Blisscraft v. Rona Plastic Corp., 219 F.2d 238 (2d Cir. 1955).

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