Sundh Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court. Northern District of New York, holding two patents to be valid and infringed.
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This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court. Northern District of New York, holding two patents to be valid and infringed. The first patent, No. 744,773, was issued November 24, 1903, to David L. Lindquist, for an electric magnet; the claims involved are 1, 2, 3, and 4. The second or junior patent, No. 764,608, was issued to Lindquist July 12, 1904, for an electromagnet; the claims involved are 1, 2, and 3. Both patents relate to alternating current electric magnets. The defenses are that the patents are invalid in view of the prior art, and because Lindquist was not…
1Opinion of the CourtLacombe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The opinion of Judge Ray is a very full one. It sets forth in detail the substance of the various patents and summarizes the main contentions of the opposing sides. The questions involved are questions of fact, invention, anticipation, equivalency, infringement, and no discussion of these questions, as presented here, however elaborate, would add anything to the exposition of patent law. For these reasons we refrain from undertaking any exhaustive statement of the testimony bearing on these questions of fact; the opinion of the District Judge sets them…
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- Sundh Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1914