Splitdorf Electrical Co. v. Webster Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the Webster Electric Company against the Splitdorf Electrical Company.
1Opinion of the Court
EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The present appeal involves three patents, the determination of two of which, Nos. 1,101,956 and reissue No. 13,878, turns upon a certain agreement made between the patentees, Henry and Emil Podlesak, and appellee. The assignable rights of the patentees in these two patents were, prior toi the commencement of this suit, assigned to appellant.
The Podlesaks entered into two license agreements with appellee on the same date, February 5, 1914. These' contracts were subsequent to *84other contracts made between the same parties and out of which difficulties had arisen.…
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