The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 116

Articles in this issue

• Many Infringement Suits Contemplated: A.B.C. to Pursue Aggressive Patent Policy

  The American Bicycle Company's patent counsel confirmed the trust intended to aggressively enforce its patents across all lines, with a second bottom bracket suit being prepared against the H.B. Snyder Mfg. Co. and hints that the Jeffery detachable sprocket patent would also be used against independent makers.

• The Owen vs. Pope Case: Delays Expected in the Eagle Suit

  Drawing on the four-year history of the original Owen vs. Pope patent suit, the Cycle Age predicted that the bottom bracket case against the Eagle Bicycle Co. would similarly drag on for three or four years through deliberate delay tactics by both sides, noting the patent had only about five years left to run.

• He's Only a Joke: Eleazer Kempshall and His Magnificent Projects

  A press story claiming Boston shoe-eyelet maker Eleazer Kempshall had gone to England to form a $200,000,000 trust controlling the entire U.S. tire industry was dismissed by industry insiders as fantasy, with Charles Flint himself reportedly regarding Kempshall as a joke.