Geneva Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. S. Karpen & Bros.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court in cases arising under the patent laws of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The jurisdiction is conferred by bill for infringement. The allegations if confessed or proven make out a case under the patent laws. The facts show actual infringement through the procurement of the defendants.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court in cases arising under the patent laws of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The jurisdiction is conferred by bill for infringement. The allegations if confessed or proven make out a case under the patent laws. The facts show actual infringement through the procurement of the defendants. No claim is made that all violations of a licensed contract constitute infringement. The acts of the Seng Company procured by the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a direct appeal under Jud. Code, § 238, from a decree dismissing a suit in equity for want of jurisdiction, the question for decision being whether the bill presents a case arising' under the patent laws, that is, a case asserting some right or privilege under those laws which will be sustained by one construction of them or defeated by another. Although not a model of good pleading, the bill plainly shows, when all' of it is considered, that it is intended to charge the defendants (a) with contributing to the infringement of letters patent belonging to the plaintiff by wrongfully…
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