E. H. Freeman Electric Co. v. Weber Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; J. Warren Davis, Judge. Suit in equity by the Weber Electric Company against the E. H. Freeman Electric Company. From the decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
Weber Electric Company, the plaintiff filed its bill in equity against E. II. Freeman Electric Company, charging infringement of United States letters patent No. 743,206, for improvements in incandescent electric lamp sockets, granted to August Weber, Sr., November 3, 1903, and by him assigned to the plaintiff. The claims in issue were 1 to 4, inclusive. From a decree adjudging claims 1 and 4 valid and infringed, and claims 2 and 3 invalid, both parties appealed.
The incandescent electric lamp socket, to which Weber’s patent relates, is a sheet metal case consisting of a…
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