Legal Opinion
Claude Neon Lights, Inc. v. Gardner Sign Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 30, 1929No. 2260PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs present a clear case for a preliminary injunction, unless their rights thereto have been lost by laches.
Claim 1 of patent No. 1,125,476, issued January 19, 1915, covering a “System of Illuminating by Luminescent Tubes,” is involved. This claim is as follows:
“A luminescent tube containing previously purified neon and provided with internal electrodes for illuminating said gas, said electrodes being deprived of oceluded gases and having an area exceeding 1.5 square decimeters per ampere, to decrease the vaporization of the electrodes and prevent the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stearns-Roger Mfg. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Claude Neon Lights, Inc. v. E. MacHlett & SonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- General Electric Co. v. New England Electric Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- Deere & Webber Co. v. Dowagiac Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Elite Pottery Co. v. Dececo Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Claude Neon Electrical Products, Inc. v. Brilliant Tube Sign Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931