Columbia Wire Co. v. Kokomo Steel & Wire Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit in equity by the Columbia Wire Company against the Kokomo Steel & Wire Company. From a decree awarding nominal profits only for infringement, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
In Columbia Wire Co. v. Kokomo Steel & Wire Co., 143 Fed. 116, 74 C. C. A. 310, we held that certain claims of patent No. 365,723, June 28, 1887, to Bates, for “improvements in wire-barbing machines,” were valid and infringed, and ordered an accounting. From a decree awarding appellant only nominal damages, this appeal was taken.
For the purposes of this decision we will assume that appellant is right in saying that the claims in suit covered an improved machine, rather than improvements in a machine, and that appellee would therefore be liable for all advantages gained…
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