International Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Fessenden
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In Equity. Suit for infringement of patent. On motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, and motion for costs to defendant on dismissal.
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This bill is filed by the complainant, who states it is a citizen of New- Jersey, against the defendant, who is described as a citizen of Virginia, for an alleged infringement of a patent of the United States. The Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 588, 589) make provision for the service of process in such cases as follows:
■“That in suits brought for the infringement of letters patent the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction, in law or in equity, in the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in any district in which the defendant shall have…
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- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SpratleySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.United States Circuit Court · 1886
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