Legal Opinion
Covert v. Sargent
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided April 28, 1890PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The statute (Rev. St. U. S. § 4921") does not confer authority upon a court of equity to treble a recovery of profits decreed against the infringer of a patent, but distinctly discriminates between the profits which are recoverable in a court of equity and the damages which were formerly recoverable in actions at law only, and confines the pow'er of increasing the recovery to the latter. The point has been expressly decided.in this court. Campbell v. James, 5 Fed. Rep. 807. Until jurisdiction was conferred upon the circuit courts by statute to decree damages in suits in equity, (Act of July…
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