General Electric Co. v. Independent Electrical Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Appeal by defendant below from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York holding valid and infringed claims J, 11, and 15 of United States letters patent No. 665,582, for certain new and useful improvements in lamp sockets, granted to Howard R. Sargent, of Schenectady, N. Y., assignor to the General Electric Company, on January 8, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
VEEDER, District Judge.
The patent in suit was before this court last term on the complaint of the present complainant against the American Brass & Copper Company (214. Fed. 380, 131 C. C. A. 282), where the claims then and now in issue are set forth. The same claims were sustained by Judge Cross in the District of New Jersey (190 Fed. 34), and on appeal (190 Fed. 168, 111 C. C. A. 646), in an action against the E. H. Freeman Electric Company, also the makers of the article complained of in the present suit.
The patent relates to the insulation of the cap of an electric lamp socket to prevent…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- General Electric Co. v. Allis-Chalmers Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1911
- General Electric Co. v. E. H. Freeman Electric Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1911
- General Electric Co. v. American Brass & Copper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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- Anchor Cap & Closure Corp. v. PritchardDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1916