New York Phonograph Co. v. Jones

Citations

• 123 F. 197
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4889

Syllabus

<p>1. Equity Jurisdiction—Enjoining Interference with Contract Rights— Parties.</p> <p>An exclusive licensee for the sale of patented articles within certain territory may maintain a suit in equity for an injunction against a third person, who with knowledge of the license is conspiring with the licensor to violate complainant’s contract rights by selling the patented articles within such territory; and such suit being based on the tortious acts of defendant, and not upon any contract relation, neither the licensor nor any co-conspirator is a necessary party.</p>