Legal Opinion
Western Electric Co. v. Anthracite Tel. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1900PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Suit in Equity for Infringement of a Patent
1Opinion of the Court
AOHESON, Circuit Judge.'
This suit is upon the Carty patent, No. 449,106, for improvements in telephone circuits and apparatus. Infringement of the first, fourth, fourteenth, and fifteenth claims is alleged. The defendant company is the mere user of telephonic apparatus purchased in good faith in the market from responsible manufacturers. The case is before the court upon a motion for a preliminary injunction, and has been heard upon numerous ex parte affidavits on one side and the other. After much reflection, it is my conviction that a preliminary injunction should be denied here,…
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- Singer Manuf'g Co. v. Springfield Foundry Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1888
- Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co. v. Nassau Electric R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Schmertz Wire Glass Co. v. Western Glass Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1909
- Western Electric Co. v. Anthracite Telephone Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1902
- Western Electric Co. v. Keystone Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1902