Edison Electric Light Co. v. Philadelphia Trust, Safe-Deposit & Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
These were three suits, brought by the Edison Electric Light Company and the Edison Electric Light Company of Philadelphia against the Philadelphia Trust, Safe-Deposit & Insurance Company and others, the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, and the Spreckels Sugar-Refining Company, respectively, for infringement of the Edison incandescent electric light patent. Heard on application for preliminary injunctions.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
The patent in suit, No. 223,898, granted on January 27, 1880, to Thomas A. Edison, after protracted litigation and a most rigorous defense, was sustained Tby the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New. York and by the United States circuit court of appeals for the second district. Edison Electric Light Co. v. United States Electric Lighting Co., 47 Fed. 454; Id., 3 C. C. A. 83, 52 Fed. 300; Edison Electric Light Co. v. Sawyer-Man Electric Co., 3 C. C. A. 605, 53 Fed. 592. The uncontradicted proofs in the several cases now before me show…
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