T. B. Woods Sons Co. v. Valley Iron Works
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
■ ARCHBAED, District Judge.
There are two causes of action, or at least two grounds of relief, set out in the bill. One is the infringement of letters patent, and the other unfair competition in trade, in imitating the distinctive form by which the complainant’s patented article, as it is claimed, has become commercially known. The parties are both citizens of Pennsylvania, and the court, therefore, would have no jurisdiction of the charge of unfair competition, independent of the fact that it has to do with the same device as to which infringement is charged. Having acquired jurisdiction by…
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- Adam v. FolgerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
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- Keasby & Mattison Co. v. Philip Cary Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1901
- Adee v. Peck Bros. & Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1889
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