Littlefield v. Perry
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York; the case being thus: On the 5th of April, 1853, Dennis Littlefield, of New York, being at the time the-patentee under a patent issued April 15th, 1851, for “ a coal-burner so constructed as to produce combustion of the inflammable gases of anthracite coals,” and having then on file in the Patent Office an application, dated December 30th, 1852, for a patent securing to him a stove arranged and operating…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York; the case being thus: On the 5th of April, 1853, Dennis Littlefield, of New York, being at the time the-patentee under a patent issued April 15th, 1851, for “ a coal-burner so constructed as to produce combustion of the inflammable gases of anthracite coals,” and having then on file in the Patent Office an application, dated December 30th, 1852, for a patent securing to him a stove arranged and operating “for the purpose of economizing and burning the gases generated during the combustion of anthracite and other coals” — and…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
We are met at the outset of this case with a question of jurisdiction. All the parties, plaintiff as well as defendant, are citizens of the State of New York. The power of the Circuit Court, therefore, to entertain the cause, if it exists at all, must be found in the jurisdiction conferred by the patent laws.
The suit is in equity against a patentee by one who claims to be his assignee, to restrain him from infringing upon rights under his patent, which are alleged to have been assigned. The Circuit Court has jurisdiction of all suits arising…
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