United States Fire Escape Counterbalance Co. v. Joseph Halsted Co.

Citations

• 195 F. 295
• 1912 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1636

Syllabus

<p>Monopolies (§ 21*)—Combinations—-Rights or Members.</p> <p>An assignee of a patent holding under an assignment made in aid of a combination violative of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (Act July 2 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3200]) may sue in equity an infringer of the patent who cannot justify his wrongful acts by attacking the assignee as an unlawful combination, since a decree establishing title in the assignee and an infringement by the infringer need not touch the question of illegal combination.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Monopolies, Cent. Dig. § 15: Dec. Dig § 21.*] *”</p>