Witold A. Badowski v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff sues for damages caused by the defendant’s infringement of Letters Patent No. 2,365,445. We have previously determined that plaintiff’s patent was valid and that it was infringed. Badowski v. United States, 140 F.Supp. 544, 164 F.Supp. 252, 135 Ct.Cl. 93. The sole question now presented is the amount of “reasonable and entire” compensation to which plaintiff is entitled because of defendant’s unauthorized use of the patented device.

The facts show that on two occasions plaintiff granted licenses to manufacturers to “make, use and sell” his patented device for…