Mabs, Inc., d/b/a Lancer of California, Snap-Tab Corporation, and Leslie Riverview Realty Corp. v. Piedmont Shirt Company

248 F. Supp. 71 (1965)

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Mabs, Inc., d/b/a Lancer of California, Snap-Tab Corporation, and Leslie Riverview Realty Corp. v. Piedmont Shirt Company

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
248 F. Supp. 71 (1965)

  • Written by Jody Stuart, JD

Facts

Mabs, Inc., d/b/a Lancer of California, Snap-Tab Corporation, and Leslie Riverview Realty Corp. (collectively, the Snap-Tab associates) (plaintiffs) sued Piedmont Shirt Company (Piedmont) (defendant) for infringement of their constructed-collar patent. Each of the elements of the constructed-collar patent was already well-known in the shirt-making industry. That is, each of the elements was in the prior art. These elements included inelastic tabs, snap fasteners, and top stitching on shirt collars. The Snap-Tab associates asserted that the combination of these elements created novel functions, including keeping the snap ends of the tabs entirely separate from the front of the shirt when the collar was worn, which minimized stress on the tabs; using top stitching to help attach the inelastic tabs to the collar wings, which distributed stresses to the collar layers next to the collar-wing edges; and using snap fasteners to attach the tabs to each other instead of the shirt neckband. The Snap-Tab associates’ constructed collar was licensed to as many as 55 licensees and generated approximately $250,000 in royalties on over 15 million collars.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Simons, J.)

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