Legal Opinion
Edison Phonograph Co. v. Pike
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided June 24, 1902No. 1,583PublishedCited by 13 opinions
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWEEE, District Judge.
The bill alleges: That the complainant is the owner of letters patent Nos. 382,418 and 386,974 for improvements in phonographs and phonograph records. That the Eastern Talking Machine Company entered into a contract with the complainant to conform to and be bound by the terms of a certain paper. This forbade the Eastern Talking Machine Company to sell the patented phonographs and records below certain scheduled prices, and contained the following additional clauses:
“(5) Jobbers must not sell or supply, either directly or indirectly, Edison phonographs or parts thereof,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Patterson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Heaton-Peninsular Button-Fastener Co. v. Eureka Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Boesch v. GraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Keeler v. Standard Folding Bed Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by13 opinions
- John D. Park & Sons Co. v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907
- Victor Talking Mach. Co. v. FairCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
- Winchester Repeating Arms Co. v. OlmstedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- Rupp & Wittgenfeld Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
- Butterick Publishing Co. v. RoseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
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