New Jersey Patent Co. v. Schaefer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Suit in equity by the New Jersey Patent Company and the National Phonograph Company against Fred G. Schaefer. Decree for complainants (159 Fed. 171), from which they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
TANNING, Circuit Judge.
The complainant National Phonograph Company is the exclusive licensee under patent No. 782,375 for improvements in compositions for making duplicate phonograph records, of which New Jersey Patent Company, the other complainant, is the owner. The phonograph company seeks to control the prices of its records by contracts with jobbers and retail dealers. The defendant, Fred G. Schaefer, induced one William Dyer to obtain from the phonograph company a retail dealer’s license, and to furnish him (Schaefer) with new records at prices which enabled Schaefer to put the records…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- New Jersey Patent Co. v. SchaefferU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1908
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