Cases For Phones

The phone cases are a series of lawsuits in the United States in the 1870 and 1880, due to the invention of the telephone, which led to the 1888 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States respecting the priority of patents belonging to Alexander Graham Bell. These patents were cited by phone American society and the Bell Telephone Bell System-although they also acquired patents microphone critics Emile Berliner.

The opponent (plaintiff) in the case of the Supreme Court was first notable Western Union Telegraph Company, which was at the time a competitor much larger and better funded than American Bell Telephone. Western Union has called several more recent claims of Daniel Drawbaugh, Elisha Gray, Philip Reis and Antonio Meucci, in order to invalidate master Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone subsidiary dating from March 1876. Western Union had succeeded, she would have immediately destroyed the Bell Telephone Company and Western Union was to become the global telecommunications monopoly in place of Bell.

The U.S. Supreme Court entered a vote to overturn Bell's patent, with the eloquence of Lysander Hill lawyer for the telephone company people. In the lower court, the peoples Telephone Company stock has increased rapidly during the first procedure, but dropped after claiming Daniel Drawbaugh took the stand and drawled: ... "I do not remember how I got that I had experience in this sense, I do not remember getting this is not by chance, I do not recall anyone at me about him. "

In this case, the Court affirmed several lower court cases Dolbear et al. v. American Bell Tel. Co., 15 Fed. Rep. 448, 17 Fed. Rep 604, Molecular Te. Co. et al. V American Bell Tel. Co 32 Fed. Rep. 214, Tel popular. Co. et al. v. American Bell Tel. Co., 22 Fed. Rep. 309, and 25 Fed. Rep. 725. Well reverse American Bell Telephone Co. et al. v Molecular Tel. Co et al. 32 Fed Rep. 214.

Bell second fundamental patent expired 30 January 1894, when the doors were opened for independent telephone companies to compete with the Bell System. In total, the American Bell Telephone Company and its successor, AT & T argued 587 legal challenges to its patents, including five who went to the U.S. Supreme Court, and apart from two minor suit contract, has never lost a one which was concluded with a final judgment scene.

Cases for phones
La Cour suprême des États-Unis
24-28 Janvier soutenu, 31, Février 1-4, 7-8, 1887 Décidé Mars 19, 1888
Nom complet de l'affaire	Dolbear v américaine Bell Telephone Company; Moléculaire Telephone Company v American Telephone Company Bell; société américaine Bell Telephone Telephone Company v moléculaire; Clay Commercial Company Téléphone v American Telephone Company Bell; populaire Telephone Company v American Telephone Company Bell; Overland Telephone Company v American Telephone société de Bell
Références bibliographiques	126 US 1 ( plus )
Tenue
Le brevet société de Bell était valide et que l'affaire moléculaire a été renversée.
Adhésion à la Cour
Le juge en chef Morrison Waite Juges associés Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan T. Stanley Matthews · Horace Gray, Samuel Blatchford · QC Lucius Lamar II
Opinions de cas
Majorité	Waite, rejoints par Miller, Matthews, Blatchford
Contestation	M. Bradley, accompagné de terrain, Harlan
Gray, Lamar n'a pas pris part à l'examen ou de la décision de l'affaire.