Legal Opinion
General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 3, 1939No. 1PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, we affirmed on May 2, 1938, 304 U. S. 175, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals, 91 F. 2d 922, which held that petitioner had infringed certain patents relating to vacuum tube amplifiers. On May 31st, we granted a rehearing, 304 U. S. 587, upon the following questions which had been presented by the petition for certiorari.
1. Can the owner of a patent, by means thereof, restrict the use made of a device manufactured under the patent, after the device has passed into the hands of a purchaser in the ordinary channels…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- St. Joseph Township v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Gamewell Fire-Alarm Telegraph Co. v. City of BrooklynU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1882
- Western Electric Co. v. General Talking Pictures Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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