Edison Electric Light Co. v. Packard Electric Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
This was a suit by the Edison Electric Light Company and another against the Packard Electric Company, James Ward Packard, and William I>. Packard, for infringement of letters patent. The following cases were cited to the point that the officers, stockholders, or agents of a corporation cannot be enjoined individually from infringing a patent, when the corporation for which they act has not been served with .process: Ambler v. Choteau, 107 U. S. 586, 1 Sup.
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This was a suit by the Edison Electric Light Company and another against the Packard Electric Company, James Ward Packard, and William I>. Packard, for infringement of letters patent. The following cases were cited to the point that the officers, stockholders, or agents of a corporation cannot be enjoined individually from infringing a patent, when the corporation for which they act has not been served with .process: Ambler v. Choteau, 107 U. S. 586, 1 Sup. Ct. 556; Osborn v. Bank, 9 Wheat. 738; Kane v. Candy Co., 44 Fed. 287; Refrigerating Co. v. Gillett, 30 Fed. 685; Mexican Ore Co. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
RICKS, District Judge.
The complainants in this case ■ file their bill to sustain the validity of the several patents therein set forth, issued to Thomas Alva Edison at the several dates named, and pray for an injunction against the several defendants .named, to restrain them from infringing the aforesaid patents. • The hill ■avers that these patents have been held l» be valid by the United ¡States circuit court of appeals for the second circuit, and by the .various other circuit courts enumerated in the bill. It claims that the title to the patents set forth was duly assigned to the…
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- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- American Cotton-Tie Supply Co. v. McCreadyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- Goodyear v. PhelpsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1853
- Tyler v. GallowayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1882
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