Legal Opinion

Reed Roller Bit Co. v. Hughes Tool Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 25, 1926No. 4514, 4615PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBryan, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). In the first of these cases, No. 4514, appellee’s claim of infringement has already been upheld. 282 F. 807.

The only question before us is whether the damages awarded on an accounting are excessive. We have no difficulty in sustaining the finding of the master and the District Judge that the appellants were willful infringers. During the time he was an employee and officer of the appellee company, Reed must have had knowledge of the injunction obtained in 1913 against the Caddo Company restraining the use of the Hughes lubricator. After he left the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Wagner Electric & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Union Tool Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Manufacturing Co. v. CowingSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  5. Heyer v. Duplicator Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Robert Bosch, Llc v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2013
  3. Robertson Rock Bit Co. v. Hughes Tool Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
  4. Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Robert Bosch, Llc v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2013

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