Shearer v. United States

The plaintiff is now in the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. He was prior to May, 1917, an employee of the defendant on the Mississippi River Commission, having held this position for a period of seven years. Under the provisions of the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 851, as amended by the act of July 1, 1918, 40 Stat. 705, conferring jurisdiction upon this court in patent cases, the plaintiff, a patentee, is precluded from bringing suit against the defendant for an alleged infringement of his patent rights, because of his service in the Government at the time he makes his claim. A…