Legal Opinion
Cutler-Hammer, Inc. v. Carling Tool & Machine Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 20, 1932No. 2128PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, District Judge.
This is a bill brought to restrain the alleged infringement of patents for electric switches, as follows: No. 1,240,459, issued to Klein, September 18, 1917; No. 1,651,035, issued to Meuer, November 29, 1927 (hereinafter called “first Meuer patent”); and No. 1,783,665, issued to Meuer, December 2, 1930 (hereinafter called “second Meuer patent”). To the complaint the usual defenses of invalidity and noninfringement have been imposed. And, in addition, the defendant, to the claim of infringement of the Klein patent, pleads the defense of laches.
The plaintiff bases its…
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- Grinnell Washing MacHine Co. v. E. E. Johnson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Concrete Appliances Co. v. GomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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