United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
United States Circuit Court
In Equity. Hearing on motion of the American Bell Telephone Company to set aside the marshal’s return, and on plea in abatement to the jurisdiction of the court over said company.
1Opinion of the CourtJackson, J.
Proceeding upon the general theory that a patent is a contract between the inventor on the one side, and the government on the other, founded on conditions or considerations prescribed by law, those moving from the former being the production of some new invention or discovery beneficial to the public, in consideration of *19which the government grants to the patentee the exclusive privilege, for a limited period, to make, vend, and use the invention throughout the United States, with the right to invoke the aid of its courts for the protection and enforcement of these rights or franchises, the.…
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