Court of Claims, 1927

Imperial Machine Co. v. United States

Imperial Machine Co. v. United States
Court of Claims · Decided May 9, 1927 · Booth, Campbell, Graham, Hay, Moss
63 Ct. Cl. 499; 1927 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 280; 1927 WL 2889

Counsel

Messrs. Ralph M. Smyder and Marrvvn Farrington for the plaintiff. Mr. Wallace R. Lane and King <& Ki/ng were on the briefs., Mr. J. F. Mother shea/1 ^ with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Herman^ J. Galloway, for the defendant. Mr. H. E. Knight was on the brief.

Imperial Machine Co. v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Graham, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the question of the infringement by the defendant of patent No. 809582, and is controlled by the opinion this day handed down in the case of Imperial Machine & Foundry Corporation v. United States, No. C-320, ante, p. 491.

The court has found in this case that the defendant purchased and used machines which infringed on the plaintiff’s patent, and the case is remanded for further proceedings on the question of the amount of damages for infringement.

Moss, Judge; Hay, Judge; Booth, Judge; and Campbell, Chief Justice, concur.

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