National Electric Signaling Co. v. United Wireless Telegraph Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
In Equity. Suit by the National Electric Signaling Company against the United Wireless Telegraph Company. Decree for complainant for injunction and accounting as to certain claims, and dismissing the bill as to others.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This suit in equity brings in question the .validity and the infringement by defendant of complainant’s United States patent, No. 706,736, applied for December 15, 1899, and granted to Reginald A. Fessenden August 12, 1902, for inventions in wireless telegraphy.
Nearly all that the world knows about wireless telegraphy has been found out within the last 10 years. Its present knowledge is small; but the method of operation commonly employed in the art is simple. The sending station consists of a wire high up in the air on a tall mast. It is like an insect’s feeler, and is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cohn v. United States Corset Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik v. KalleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1899
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. v. De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1905
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- Kintner v. Atlantic Communication Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- National Electric Signaling Co. v. Telefunken Wireless Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- National Electric Signaling Co. v. Telefunken Wireless Telegraph Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1911