Alb, Inc. v. Noma Lites, Inc.

On April 25, 1951, plaintiff sued No-ma Electric Corporation for alleged infringement of plaintiff’s Display Device Patent No. 2,278,383. The case was tried and the complaint dismissed on the merits, 130 F.Supp. 918, and we affirmed on March 18, 1955. Alb, Inc., v. Noma Electric Corp., 2 Cir., 222 F.2d 367. On January 23, 1953, while the action just described was pending, Noma Lites, Inc., the defendant-appellee herein, was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Noma Electric Corporation. A few weeks later, parent and subsidiary were severed by a “spin-off,” and Noma Lites, Inc., with…