Harvey Steel Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The Harvey Steel Company, the claimant herein, is, and at all times since the year 1887 has been, a corporation created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The Harvey Steel Company, the claimant herein, is, and at all times since the year 1887 has been, a corporation created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey. II. On the 29th day of September, 1891, letters patent of the United States, bearing date on that day, and numbered 460262, had been granted to the said Hayward A. Harvey, for such ‘ ‘ Harvey ” process and armor plates, and by a written assignment, dated October 7, 1891, the said letters…
1Opinion of the Court
Nott, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
Actions founded upon patented inventions fall into three classes.of cases: First, ordinary suits for infringement, which are in their nature ex delicto and of which jurisdiction is to be found exclusively in the Federal courts; second, actions on express contracts for the purchase and sale of inventions either to the full extent of the patent or for some limited user of the invention, which are as purely ex contracto as other actions for the purchase and sale of other property. Of these cases State courts have jurisdiction. Third, actions on…
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