Case Name: AMERICAN ELECTRICAL NOVELTY CO. v. NEWGOLD et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1900-01-13
Citations: 99 F. 567
Docket Number: 
Parties: AMERICAN ELECTRICAL NOVELTY CO. v. NEWGOLD et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 99
Pages: 567–568

Head Matter:
AMERICAN ELECTRICAL NOVELTY CO. v. NEWGOLD et al.
(Circuit Court, S. D. New York.
January 13, 1900.)
Patents — Sutt por Infringement — Preliminary Injunction.
A decision sustaining a patent in a case not contested is not suck an adjudication as will entitle the; complainant in a different suit to a preliminary injunction against infringement, where there is no proof of long acquiescence, and the validity of the patent is contested.
This is a suit in equity for infringement of a patent. On motion for preliminary injunction.
Thomas Ewing, Jr., for the motion.
Arthur v. Briesen, opposed.

Opinion:
IACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The decision of Judge Wheeler (98 Fed. 895), being rendered in a case where there was no opposition, is not such an adjudication as will entitle complainant to a preliminary injunction in another suit, where there is no proof of long-continued public acquiescence, and where the validity of the patents, if construed broadly enough to cover defendant's device, is vigorously contested. Motion denied.