Union Sugar Refinery v. Mathiesson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
The decree in this case was as follows: — It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the letters-patent [No. 37,548], dated January 27, 1863, granted to the complainant as assignee of Gustavus A. Jasper, for an improvement in purifying and cleansing sugar, is a good and valid patent; that said Jasper was the original and first inventor of the improvements therein described and claimed; that the defendant [Francis O. Mathiesson] has infringed upen the said patent and the…
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The decree in this case was as follows: — It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the letters-patent [No. 37,548], dated January 27, 1863, granted to the complainant as assignee of Gustavus A. Jasper, for an improvement in purifying and cleansing sugar, is a good and valid patent; that said Jasper was the original and first inventor of the improvements therein described and claimed; that the defendant [Francis O. Mathiesson] has infringed upen the said patent and the exclusive right of the complainant thereunder; that the complainant recover of the defendant all gains and profits by him…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD. Circuit Justice.
Strong doubts arc entertained whether the case is properly before the court, under circumstances which will authorize it to make any order therein. The cause went to final hearing upon pleadings and proofs, and the conclusion of the court was expressed in the decree entered on the occasion. The substance of the decree was, that the inventor was the original and first inventor of the improvements described in the patent; that the defendant had infringed upon the patent; that the complainant should recover of the defendant all gains and profits made by him from his…
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