E. H. Freeman Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Suit in equity by the General Electric Company against the E. H. Freeman Electric Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant ippeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the General Electric Company, owner of patent No. 665,582, granted January 8, 1901, to Sargent, for a lamp socket, filed a bill against the E. H. Freeman Electric Company, charging infringement of claims 1, 11, and *16915 thereof. That court, in an opinion reported at 190 Fed. 34, held the claims valid and infringed. From a decree so holding the respondent appealed to this court.
The patent concerns a yielding, insulating lining for the cap of an electric light socket, held in place in the cap by the latter’s interior retaining means. The device, its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ryder v. SchlichterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1903
- General Electric Co. v. E. H. Freeman Electric Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Foamite-Childs Corp. v. Pyrene Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1929