Colgate v. Western Union Tel. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[In equity. Bill by Clinton G. Colgate against the Western Union Telegraph Company to enjoin infringement of letters patient No. 65,019).
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.
This suit is founded on letters patent granted to George B. Simpson, as inventor, May 21st, 1867, for an “improvement in insulating submarine cables.” The specification states, that Simpson has invented “a new and useful improvement in electrical conductors for telegraphic purposes.” It says: “To enable others to *86make and use my ‘submarine telegraph cable,’ I will describe its manufacture thus: I dissolve gutta percha with chloroform, or any other known solvent; I soften gutta percha in boiling water, steam or dry heat; I combine gutta percha with metallic wire, by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Consolidated Fruit-Jar Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Colgate v. Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphs de Paris a New YorkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
- Colgate v. Western Union Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1884
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- L. E. Waterman Co. v. ForsythU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1903
- Cary v. WolffU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
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