Covert v. Sargent
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. On exceptions to master’s report. Action by James C. Covert against Joseph B. Sargent and George II. Sargent, for the infringement of letters patent No. 161,757, granted April 6, 1875, to complainant, for an improvement in “clasps or thimbles for hitching devices.”
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In Equity. On exceptions to master’s report. Action by James C. Covert against Joseph B. Sargent and George II. Sargent, for the infringement of letters patent No. 161,757, granted April 6, 1875, to complainant, for an improvement in “clasps or thimbles for hitching devices.” The court found against the defendants, and directed a reference to a master to state an account of the profits, who reported, among other things, as follows: “The infringement by the defendants consisted in selling thimbles and in selling cattle-ties constructed with the infringing thimble, a rope, and a snap. These…
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The exceptions in this case challenge the correctness of the master’s report, botinas to. the profits and damages which the complainant should recover for the infringement of his patent. Whore, as in the present Cease, á'patentee elects'to enjoy his ¿ioUópóly under a. patent by manufacturing and selling the patented device, without granting ¡licenses,.and'anqther ipvades his right by making and selling it in competition with him, the measure of damages -for the wrong is the profits which the. patentee has. lost in consequence of the unauthorized sales made by. his competitor. The difference…
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