England v. Deere & Company

MERCER, Chief Judge.

A trial of this case resulted in a judgment that plaintiff’s patent is valid and that defendant had infringed that patent. England v. Deere & Company, S.D.Ill., 182 F.Supp. 133, after that judgment was affirmed, England v. Deere & Company, 7 Cir., 284 F.2d 460, cert. denied 365 U.S. 870, 81 S.Ct. 904, 5 L.Ed.2d 860, the cause was referred to a special master for an accounting of damages.

Plaintiff’s patent covers a twine holder designed for use as a component of the knotter assembly on twine-tie balers. Defendant, a farm implement manufacturer manufactured wire-tie balers,…