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Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company, 282 U.S. 168 (1930)
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Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company, 282 U.S. 168 (1930)
Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company No.19 & 68 Argued November 26, 1930 Decided December 8, 1930 282 U.S. 168
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH AND THIRD CIRCUITS
Syllabus
Hopkins Patent No. 1,271,629, granted July 2, 1918, for an acoustic device for the propagation, from a record or equivalent element, of self-sustaining sound waves in free air, as distinguished from the then prevailing use of the sound box and horn, comprised a bodily movable conical tympanum of crisp, strong, and more or less rigid material such as paper, continued in one piece to form an annular rim which was rigidly supported between two ring. The patentee attached importance to the size of the tympanum a well a it structure. Held narrowly confined by the prior art if valid, and not infringed by a device (radio loudspeaker) in which the rim of the tympanum is made of limp leather or cloth. P. 171.
34 F.2d 764 affirmed.
37 F.2d 580 (Dist. Ct.) reversed.
WRITS OF CERTIORARI, 280 U.S. 551 and 281 U.S. 713, to review conflicting decisions in the Ninth and Third Circuits in two suits brought by the Lektophone Corporation alleging the infringement of a patent. The cases are stated fully in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company, 282 U.S. 168 (1930) in 282 U.S. 168 282 U.S. 169. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2XX2PXP3VQH5H2M.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company, 282 U.S. 168 (1930), in 282 U.S. 168, page 282 U.S. 169. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2XX2PXP3VQH5H2M.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Lektophone Corporation v. The Rola Company, 282 U.S. 168 (1930). cited in 1930, 282 U.S. 168, pp.282 U.S. 169. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2XX2PXP3VQH5H2M.
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