Legal Opinion
Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Sterling-Meaker Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
Decided February 2, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
LANNING, District Judge.
The complainant charges the defendant with infringement of reissued patent No. 11,872, granted to the complainant November 13, 1900, on an application filed September 28, 1900. The original patent was No. 495,443, and was granted April 11, 1893. Both patents have been the subjects of much litigation. In the present suit the defendant urges as one of its defenses that the reissued patent is void because of laches on the part of the complainant in applying for it. If this point is established, it is unnecessary to examine the other defenses.
The original patent was…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Kelsey Electric Railway Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
- Wollensak v. SargentSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Black River Traction Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Hoosick Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Heidbrink v. Charles H. Hardessen Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Sterling-Meaker Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1909
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Western Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907