Look carefully at those catcher’s mitts in tomorrow’s All-Star Game! Their design was hotly contested in court over 100 years ago, and we have the records in the National Archives at Kansas City. From 1885 to 1895, over a dozen catcher’s mitts were patented through the U.S. Patent Office. This one was by patented by E.L. Rogers, who had two patents for catcher’s mitts. This patent was used when Victor Sporting Goods sued Rawlings: In the complaint filed by Victor Sporting Goods, the Rogers brothers claim that Elroy L. Rogers was the “original and first inventor of a new and useful improvement in Catcher’s Gloves.” The complaint also indicates that no other inventor has been in possession of the patent and that the ownership paperwork was filed with the U.S. Patent Office. In addition, Victor Sporting Goods claimed that Rawlings was profiting from the patent by manufacturing gloves using the model created by Rogers. What did the courts decide? Read the blog post and find out!
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Look carefully at those catcher’s mitts in tomorrow’s All-Star Game! Their design was hotly contested in court over 100 years ago, and we have the records in the National Archives at Kansas City.

From 1885 to 1895, over a dozen catcher’s mitts were patented through the U.S. Patent Office. This one was by patented by E.L. Rogers, who had two patents for catcher’s mitts.

This patent was used when Victor Sporting Goods sued Rawlings:

In the complaint filed by Victor Sporting Goods, the Rogers brothers claim that Elroy L. Rogers was the “original and first inventor of a new and useful improvement in Catcher’s Gloves.” The complaint also indicates that no other inventor has been in possession of the patent and that the ownership paperwork was filed with the U.S. Patent Office. In addition, Victor Sporting Goods claimed that Rawlings was profiting from the patent by manufacturing gloves using the model created by Rogers.

What did the courts decide? Read the blog post and find out!

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