Legal Opinion
Federal Electric Co. v. Flexlume Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 2, 1925PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The bill avers unfair competition arising from defendant threatening and intimidating plaintiffs’ customers with suits for infringement of its patent No. 1,224,253, covering double-faced signs with letter plates of milk-white glass bearing raised letters, and falsely representing to the trade that it had brought suit for infringement against plaintiffs. In the hill there is contained a denial of infringement, an averment that defendant’s patent is invalid, though admitting its validity was established in Flexlume Corp. v. Opalite Sign Corp. et al. (C. C. A.) 292 F. 98,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- American Mills Co. v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Martin & Hill Cash-Carrier Co. v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1895
- Brown v. LaphamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1886
- H. Tibbe & Son Manuf'g Co. v. HeinekenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1889
- Flexlume Sign Co. v. Opalite Sign Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1923
3Cited by1 opinion
- Celite Corporation v. Dicalite Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938