Legal Opinion

Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Catskill Illuminating & Power Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 25, 1903No. 8PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

1Opinion of the Court

TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.

Appeal by defendant in the court below from its decree on bill alleging infringement of complainant’s patents Nos. 511,559 and 511,560, granted to Nikola Tesla on December 26, 1893. The court below sustained both patents, and found infringement of both claims of patent No. 511,559 and of the first claim of patent No. 511,560. Inasmuch as we have reached a conclusion adverse to the complainant upon the question of priority of invention, the other issues will not be discussed.

The claims of patent No. 511,559 are as follows:

“(1) The method of operating motors having…

2Cases cited2 opinions

Clark Thread Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Saranac Lake Electric Light Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1901

3Cited by17 opinions

Corona Cord Tire Co. v. Dovan Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Stanley Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
Motion Picture Patents Co. v. LaemmleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914
Lowell v. TriplettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Mutual Life Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1904

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