Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. Simon
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated, in the opinion. Prior to the Act of 1910, a patentee had a remedy in the Court of Claims by a suit against the United States for its lawful use of an invention, and a remedy in the Court of Claims or District Courts where his patented rights were taken under the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated, in the opinion. Prior to the Act of 1910, a patentee had a remedy in the Court of Claims by a suit against the United States for its lawful use of an invention, and a remedy in the Court of Claims or District Courts where his patented rights were taken under the exercise of the power of eminent domain. By a tortious or unlawful use of an invention, the United States does not acknowledge or concede that the patentee is entitled to the exclusive rights granted by a patent, or that the United States has…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In the spring or early summer of 1915 the Navy-Department submitted its call for proposals to furnish 25 wireless telegraph transmitting sets. The call contained a specification describing the apparatus desired and provided that no bid would be entertained unless the bidden in advance or at the time of his bid submitted a sample of the apparatus which he would furnish under his bid if accepted. Simon, the respondent, who had no .manufacturing establishment, employed a manufacturer of electrical apparatus to make for him a wireless telegraph transmitting set and when it was made submitted it…
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