Legal Opinion
Claude Neon Lights, Inc. v. Rainbow Light, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 14, 1937No. 17PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is the usual patent suit brought by N. V. Philips’ Gloeilampenfabrieken, the owner of United States patent No. 1,726,107, and Claude Neon Lights, Inc., its licensee, for infringement of claims 1 and 3. The invention, whicji was by Hertz, relates to electric discharge tubes, particularly to electric discharge tubes having a positive column light for lighting purposes. The commercial use of the tubes is for advertising signs.
The specification states that it was a known practice to introduce into a discharge tube having a gaseous filling of neon a little…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fink v. V. Foscato, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Claude Neon Lights, Inc. v. Rainbow Light, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1932
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Wallace v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Parmelee Pharmaceutical Co. v. ZinkDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1960