Legal Opinion

Raylite Electric Corp. v. Noma Electric Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 29, 1948No. 45, Docket 21067PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This action for. a declaratory judgment was brought by the plaintiff (Raylite) against the defendant (Noma) because of a controversy between them with respect to three patents of which Noma was an exclusive licensee. Raylite was manufacturing and offering for sale “ornamental illuminated bubbling devices” which Noma had claimed by letters to Raylite and its customers to be infringements of each of the three Otis patents. Raylite disputed infringement and asserted that the patents were invalid. By its amended complaint it sought judicial declarations to this effect and an…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Botz v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  2. Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
  3. Labarre v. Burton-Swartz Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  4. Allegheny Steel & Brass Corp. v. EltingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  5. Kneeland v. LuceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Secretary of Labor v. FitzsimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  2. Chappell & Co., Inc., T. B. Harms Company, Williamson Music, Inc., Frank Loesser and Frank Music Corp. v. J. Jay FrankelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  3. Wheeler v. American Home Products Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. Telechron, Inc. v. ParissiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  5. Morgenstern Chemical Co., Inc. v. Schering CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950

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