 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 718 lapas
...general issue, give the statute itself in evidence,2 and certain special matters, of which he shall have given notice, in writing, to the plaintiff or his attorney, thirty days before trial.3 1 3 Wheat. R. Appendix, note II. p. 27 ; Phillips on Patents, p. 398 ; Kneass v. The Schuylkill... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1876 - 442 lapas
...or answer to such petition or bill of complaint, he may make the following special defenses, to wit: In any action for infringement, the defendant may...trial, any one or more of the following special matters : First. That for the purpose of deceiving the public the description and specification filed by the... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1928 - 766 lapas
...plaintiffs' patent. Section 4920, Revised Statutes, Title XI, precludes a recovery. It reads as follows: " In any action for infringement the defendant may plead...any one or more of the following special matters: ***** " Third. That it had been patented or described in some printed publication prior to his supposed... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1939 - 836 lapas
...of the Revised Statutes, or otherwise, of which Title Section 4920 (35 USCA 69) specifically states: the defendant may plead the general issue, and having...his attorney, thirty days before, may prove on trial * * * the defenses therein set out. The defendiint urges that under such procedure the Government is... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - 1910 - 642 lapas
...Thomas and Watson were independent inventors of this improvement. Section 4920 provides as follows: In any action for Infringement the defendant may plead...more of the following special matters: Second. That he had surreptitiously or •unjustly obtained the patent for that which was in fact Invented by another,... | |
 | Charles Sidney Whitman - 1871 - 736 lapas
...benefits of this section if he shall have unreasonably neglected or delayed to enter said disclaimer. 61. In any action for infringement the defendant may plead...trial any one or more of the following special matters : First. That for the purpose of deceiving the public the description and specification filed by the... | |
 | Henry Howson, Charles Howson - 1872 - 128 lapas
...unreasonably neglected or delayed to enter said disclaimer. SEC. 61. And be it further enacted, That in any action for infringement the defendant may plead...trial, any one or more of the following special matters : First. That for the purpose of deceiving the public the description and specification filed by the... | |
 | William Edgar Simonds - 1874 - 264 lapas
...be it further enacted, That, in any ac" tion for infringement, the defendant may plead the gen" eral issue, and, having given notice in writing to the...on trial any one or more of the following special mat" ters: — 1 Hogg vs. Kmerson, 1i Howard, 607. McCormicfcvs. Seymour, 3 Rlatchford, 224, 2 Pierson... | |
 | Charles Sidney Whitman - 1875 - 814 lapas
...Mitchell v. Hawley, 16 Wall., 544; Philp v. Nock, 17 Wall., 460.) Bleeding and Proof. — SEC. 4920. In any action for infringement the defendant may plead...having given notice in writing to the plaintiff or Ins attorney, thirty days before, may prove, on trial, any one or more of the following special matters:... | |
 | Philadelphia internat. exhib, 1876 - 1876 - 960 lapas
...of such verdict, together with the costs. Pleading and Proof in Actions for Infringement. Sec. 4920. In any action for infringement the defendant may plead...trial, any one or more of the following special matters : First. That for the purpose of deceiving the public the description and specification filed by the... | |
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In any action for infringement the defendant may plead the general issue, and having given notice in writing to the plaintiff or his attorney thirty days before, may prove on trial any one or more of the following special matters: First. 
