Bijur Motor Lighting Co. v. Eclipse Mach. Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the Bijur Motor Lighting Company against the Eclipse Machine Company and Vincent Bendix.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity to enjoin the defendants from infringing patent No. 1,095,696, granted May 5, 1914, to Joseph Bijur, inventor, for improvements in engine starting apparatus, consisting of specific means for transmitting power from the starting motor to the flywheel of the engine. Defendants attack the validity of the patent, but mainly rely upon a written agreement or contract, dated July 9, 1914, to grant a license under the invention to Vincent Bendix, and pray for specific performance thereof. The defendants’ asserted legal right to a license under the…
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