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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Jefferson Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania

Decided March 28, 1904No. 13PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent Nos. 511,559 and 511,560, relating to electric motors, granted to Nikola Tesla, December 26, 1893. On motion for preliminary injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

BUFFINGTON, District Judge.

This is an application by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Compairy for a preliminary injunction against the J efferson .Electric Eight, Heat & Power Company to enjoin infringement of Nikola Tesla patents, Nos. 511,559 and 511,560. These patents were .sustained by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in,the case of the Dayton Fan & Motor Company v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 118 Fed. 562, 55 C. C. A. 390, by Judge Arclibald, silting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and by Judge Plazel, sitting in the Western District of New…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Litchfield v. Goodnow's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Lane v. WeldsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
  3. Dayton Fan & Motor Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
  4. Cramer v. Singer Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
  5. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Catskill Illuminating & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
  2. I. T. S. Rubber Co. v. Essex Rubber Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1920
  3. Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1940
  4. Corrugated Paper Patents Co. v. Paper Working Mach. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
  5. Steinfur Patents Corp. v. J. Meyerson, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1931

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