Frank Murphy

“ Section 48 gives jurisdiction of suits for patent infringement to the United States district courts in the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or in any district in which the defendant shall have committed acts of infringement and have a regular and established place of business. ”

“ Respondents insist that Section 52 applies to patent infringement suits because it antedates Section 48, excludes from its purview only suits of a local nature, and is consistent with and complementary to Section 48 since it deals with the problem of venue in the geographical sense rather than in terms of specified classes of litigation. We cannot agree. ”

“ National Typewriter Co. v. Pope Mfg. Co., C.C., 56 F. 849; Bicycle Stepladder Co. v. Gordon, C.C., 57 F. 529; Cramer v. Singer Mfg. Co., C.C., 59 F. 74.↑ National Button Works v. Wade, C.C., 72 F. 298; Noonan v. Chester Park Athletic Club Co., C.C., 75 F. 334; Earl v. Southern Pac. Co., C.C., 75 F. 609; Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. v. Great Northern By. ”