American Graphophone Co. v. Victor Talking Mach. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Suit in equity by the American Graphophone Company against the Victor Talking Machine Company and Eldridge R. Johnson. Decree (188 Fed. 431) for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the American Graphophone Company filed a bill in equity charging the Victor Talking Machine Company and Eldridge R. Johnson with infringing patent No. 688,739, granted December 10, 1901, to Joseph W. Jones. The bill further states that complainant by contracts, copies of which are attached to the bill, granted to respondents a license under said patent, and that respondents are using said license and claim to do so under said contracts. The bill charges, however, that respondents have forfeited said contracts by denying the validity of said patent.…
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