Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Winchester Ave. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a bill in equity by tbe Thomson-Houston Electric Company against tbe Winchester Avenue Railway Company and others for alleged infringement of certain patents relating to electric railway contact devices..
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, District Judge.
Complainant, by this bill, asks for a perpetual injunction and an accounting, by reason of the infringement of patents Xo. 495,443 and Xo. 495,383, granted April 11, 1893, to tlie administrators of (diaries J. Van Depoele, assignor to complainant. Both of said patents cover useful improvements in traveling contacts for electric railroads which are in general use in the trolley railway systems in this country, and both have been infringed by defendants. They will be designated hereafter as the “first” and “second” patents, respectively; Xo. 495,443, the main patent,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Topliff v. TopliffSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Potts v. CreagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Pickering v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
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3Cited by21 opinions
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