Philip v. Nock
Supreme Court of the United States
Philip v. Nock, 80 U.S. 185 (1871)
Philip v. Nock
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The patent law of February, 1861, gives to parties to suits arising under any law of the United States giving to inventors the exclusive right to their inventions or discoveries, a writ of error or appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States without regard to the sum in controversy. The act of 1870 does not alter the right of appeal or to a writ of error in this respect.
The motion to dismiss must, therefore, be
Denied.
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- The right given by the acts of February 18th, 1861, and July 20th, 1870, of appeal or writ of error without regard to the sum in controversy in questions arising under laws of the United States, granting or conferring to authors or inventors the exclusive right to their inventions or discoveries, applies to controversies between a patentee or author and' alleged infringer as well as to those between rival patentees.