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[QB004-F] Thomas A. Edison and Edison Manufacturing Company v. James W. Gladstone and Eben G. Dodge

Legal Series -- Legal Department Records -- Battery -- Case Files

Title: [QB004-F] Thomas A. Edison and Edison Manufacturing Company v. James W. Gladstone and Eben G. Dodge
Description: This folder contains material pertaining to a suit brought by Edison against former employees James W. Gladstone and Eben G. Dodge, who established the Battery Supplies Co. to compete with the Edison Manufacturing Co. in the sale of primary batteries. The case, which was initiated in the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey in July 1903, involved the alleged infringement of Edison's U.S. Patent 430,279. The selected items include the bill of complaint, answer, and affidavits; correspondence regarding the progress of litigation; and a settlement agreement signed in November 1904. Also included is an undated answer by Edison, filed in the countersuit brought against him and the Edison Manufacturing Co. by Gladstone, who claimed the right to manufacture batteries under Felix Lalande's U.S. Patent 479,887. At the end of the folder is an agreement of August 4, 1905, between Gladstone and the Edison Manufacturing Co., providing for the purchase of the Battery Supplies Co. by Edison's company. Related material can be found in the "Battery, Primary" folders in the Document File Series (D-03-02 and D-04-02).
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/QB004-F
Identifier: QB004-F
Type: Legal
Rights: Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of: Legal Series -- Legal Department Records -- Battery -- Case Files
Alternative Title: Thomas A. Edison and Edison Manufacturing Company v. James W. Gladstone and Eben G. Dodge
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 222

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