Business & Finance: Japanese Bulbs

Two years ago General Electric Co. filed suits in a U. S. District Court in California against a group of Japanese importers trading under the names of Tokyo Lamp Co., International Lamp Co. and Pacific Importing Co., charging that the Japanese had 1) sold bulbs which infringed upon G. E. patents, and 2) caused G. E. serious damage by marketing these bulbs under the trademark T. E. at ruinously low prices. Last week the court handed down a decision which may make history. First it authorized General Electric to collect from the defendants...

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