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Catalog Number |
011.013.026 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Scope & Content |
A series of three type written letters from the United Shoe Machinery Company regarding a law suit against the Ralphs Norwich Ltd. and Moenus Maschinenfabrik A.G. for a patent infringement of patent number 351386 covering the model D Heel Seat Lasting Machine. The first letter is a five page letter written on March 17, 1936 to the lawyer of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation A.W. Todd Esquire by George B. Cooke of the law offices of Bristows, Cooke & Carpmael, the law firm representing the British United Shoe Machinery Company. The letter indicates the patent infringement and that the United Shoe Machinery Corporation and the British United Shoe Machinery Company will be co-plaintiffs against Holdfast Boots Limited for their copyright infringement of the model D Heel Seat Lasting Machine. The second letter is a three page letter written on March 12, 1936 to the lawyer of the British United Shoe Company Claud Bennion to lawyer George B. Cooke of the law offices of Bristows, Cooke & Carpmael regarding payments that the Plaintiffs' should pay the Defendents' for a counter-suit for the copyright infringement for a total of $750. The third letter is a two page letter written on March 13, 1936 to the lawyer George B. Cooke Esquire of the law offices of Bristows, Cooke & Carpmael from the British United Shoe Company lawyer Claud Bennion regarding the patent infringement and suggests that the companies should not go ahead with the lawsuit against the Holdfast Boots Limited Company, due in fact that it would make the companies look like they are taking advantage of their "strong financial position to obtain an unfair monopoly which (they) were not really entitled to." |
Dates of Creation |
March 12, 1936 March 13, 1936 March 17, 1936 |
Title |
British United Shoe Machinery Company Ltd. and United Shoe Machinery Corporation versus Holdfast Boots Limited, A.T. Ralphs (Norwich) Ltd., and Moenus Maschinenfabrik A.G. |
People |
Todd, A. W. Cooke, George B. Bennion, Claud |
Search Terms |
letter USMC British Shoe Machinery Company Limited legal document United Shoe Machinery Company lawsuit patent Holdfast Boots Limited Ralphs Norwich Ltd. Moenus Heal Seat Lasting Machine copyright copyright infringement model D Heel Seat Lating Machine |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Accession number |
011.013 |
Date |
March 1936 |