Cammeyer v. Newton
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Holders of valid letters-patent enjoy, by virtue of the same, the exclusive right and liberty of making and using the invention therein secured, and of vending the same to others to be used, as provided by the act of Congress; and the rule of law is well settled, that an invention so secured is property in the holder of the patent, and that as such the right of the holder is as much entitled to protection as any other property, during the term for which the franchise or the exclusive right or privilege is granted. Seymour v. Osborne, 11 Wall. 516; 16 Stat. 201.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- United States v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Jecker, Torre, & Co. v. MontgomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1856
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- Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co. v. AultmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Bell v. HoodDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
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