Legal Opinion
Polaroid Corp. v. Markham
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 19, 1945No. 8854PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
The case is before us now on motion of the Alien Property Custodian, one of appellees, to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in this court and likewise in the District Court on the ground that this is a suit against the United States and the United States have not consented to be sued. Briefly, the facts are these:
In June, 1940, Robert A. Smith, assignor of Polaroid Corporation (one of appellants), filed in the Patent Office an application for letters patent on an invention. One of Smith’s claims paralleled in all respects the claim of one Sauer, a German national, who had previously applied…
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