Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. v. Peace
The appeal was dismissed because the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendants infringed the Canadian patent; the patent, if valid, was confined to the specific forms described in the specification and the defendants' products were more closely aligned with an earlier American patent than with the forms claimed...
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- Citation
- (1906) 37 SCR 530
- Parties
- Appellant/plaintiff: Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. et al.; Respondent/defendant: Peace et al.
- Court
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Judgment Date
- 19 March 1906
- Procedural Posture
- Patent Infringement / Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada From Exchequer Court (judgment Below Dismissing Action)
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed with costs
- Legal Topics
- Patent Infringement, Prior Foreign Patent, Claim Construction, Scope of Monopoly
- Source Language
- english
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Parties
Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. et al.
Appellant/plaintiff
Peace et al.
Respondent/defendant
Procedural Posture
Patent Infringement / Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada From Exchequer Court (judgment Below Dismissing Action)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the defendants infringed the Canadian patent held by the plaintiffs
- 2 Whether the Canadian patent, if valid, covered the forms manufactured by the defendants
- 3 Relevance of a prior foreign (American) patent to the infringement and scope analysis
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal was dismissed because the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendants infringed the Canadian patent; the patent, if valid, was confined to the specific forms described in the specification and the defendants' products were more closely aligned with an earlier American patent than with the forms claimed in the Canadian patent.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed with costs
Orders
- Appeal dismissed with costs.
Full Case Text
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Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. v. Peace Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1906-03-19 Report (1906) 37 SCR 530 Judges Girouard, Désiré; Sedgewick, Robert; Davies, Louis Henry; Idington, John; Maclennan, James On appeal from Federal Court of Appeal Subjects Intellectual property Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. v. Peace (1906) 37 SCR 530 Date: 1906-03-19 The Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. et al. v. Peace et al. 1906: March 19. Present:—Sedgewick, Girouard, Davies, Idington, and Maclennan JJ. Patent of Invention—Infringement—Prior foreign patent. Appeal from the judgment of the Exchequer Court of Canada[1], dismissing the plaintiffs', appellants', action with costs. The action was for an alleged infringement of a Canadian patent of invention held by the plaintiffs for improvements in weather strips and guides for windows. It appeared that the defendants had manufactured metallic weather strips in Canada which were more nearly similar to those described in an American patent of a date prior to the Canadian patent owned by the plaintiffs than it was to any of the forms shewn and described in the Canadian patent. The court below held that, if the plaintiffs' patent was good, it was good only for the forms of weather strips particularly specified therein of which the evidence failed to shew any infringement by the defendants, and the action was dismissed with costs. After hearing counsel on behalf of the appellants and without calling upon counsel for the respondents, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal with costs. Appeal dismissed with costs. Masten for the appellants. Staunton K.C. and Logie for the respondents. [1] 9 Ex. C.R. 399.