Legal Opinion
Frank v. Western Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 5, 1928No. 157PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
This suit originally was for infringement of six patents relating to luminous buttons and luminous pendants for electrical wall switches and chain sockets in various forms. It was discontinued as to one. The bill sufficiently stat*643ed a cause of action for infringement upon each of the five remaining patents — No. 1,197,926, No. 1,235,788, No. 1,246,080, No. 1,256,007, and No. 1,321,024.
The court dismissed the bill on motion, after answer was interposed, holding that each of these patents was invalid on its face. The allegations of the complaint and the argument of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Blessing v. Works.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1888
- Corrington v. Westinghouse Air Brake Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
- Eclipse Manuf'g Co. v. AdkinsU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1888
- Lange v. McGuinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1910
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3Cited by10 opinions
- White v. Leanore Frocks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Rubinstein v. Silex Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- Jacob Elishewitz & Sons Co. v. Bronston Bros. & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Weil v. N. J. Richman Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- Gatch Wire Goods Co. v. W. A. Laid-Law Wire Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
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