Finnerty v. Wallen

ROCHE, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by an inventor claiming infringement of his patented device, an emery wheel dresser, with a prayer for an injunction against further infringement and an accounting during the period of the license granted to defendant and from the date of the granting of the patent. Defendant answers that the patent granted is not a valid one and that there is no infringement and prays that the cause of action for an accounting during the period of the license be dismissed.

In January, 1944, plaintiff applied for a patent, which was granted on Februray 11, 1947. On…