Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-11-06 | Page 9 | Arc Lamp Patent

ARC ABC LAMP PATENT test case by the brush company involving two millions chicago nov 5 one ot of the most important electrical suits pending in the country will come up tor for final hearing before the united states court ot of appeals during its present seb session 3 ion probably being reached wednesday or thursday tile the suit Is between the brush erectile Elec tile light compa company n y of cleveland and the western electric manufacturing company ot of this city and it involves in olves the double carbon lamp the brush company claims tile the patent parent monopoly upon the carbon are arc lamp of familiar uso use the patent has on only I 1 y ono one year to run but tile til value placed upon it ft is evinced in the present sult the evidence in which Is spid to have bave cos the crin company party OC to prepare the latter 3 claims to the exclusive manufacturing right to the lamp it appears have not been admitted by numerous electrical c manufacturing companies about twenty of which the brush company has sued for infringement its suit against the western electric was by common consent made the test lest of 0 the whole I 1 question the latter suit was tried in may before judge showalter and decision rendered in favor of 0 the western tho the crush brush company at once took an appeal and this issue ill be heard in the present pr esprit case Is involved but the payment of large amounts by other companies in accounting ti Is dependent upon it if ft the judgment of the lower court be reversed the sum total of these aggregates