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 "such damages as may have been caused by the past sale of the Japanese lamps in this country in violation of the patent." Then it directed General Electric to apply for a blanket injunction prohibiting the defendants from ever again selling such Japanese lamps in the U. S. But only about one-fourth of the 48 million Japanese bulbs imported last year would have been affected by the court's ruling.

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