Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1920PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In .Equity. Suit by Peter Cooper Hewitt against the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. 1
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
The suit, in effect, calls for the interpretation of patents in respect of certain, devices, although the nature of the suit is an alleged breach of contract. As discovery and specific performance, as well as damages, are sought, the cause is in equity.
The question in the case is whether, in making and using a single form of device, referred to by defendant as its audion type of telephone repeaters, connected up and operated on its wire circuits, the defendant is utilizing the following claims of certain patents owned by plaintiff, viz.: Patent No. 781,001, claim 1;…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. v. New York Air Brake Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
- Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
- Western Electric Co. v. Western Tel. Const. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1897
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