Thomson v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of Fargo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota. In Equity. Bill by Walter Thomson against the Citizens’ National Bank of Fargo, N. D., for infringement of letters patent. The eir-. cuit court held the patent valid, but dismissed the bill.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota. In Equity. Bill by Walter Thomson against the Citizens’ National Bank of Fargo, N. D., for infringement of letters patent. The eir-. cuit court held the patent valid, but dismissed the bill. Complainant appeals, his cause being numbered 15G. Defendant also appeals, Ms cause being numbered 167. Statement by SANBORN, Circuit Judge: These are cross appeals from a decree dismissing a bill in equity brought by the patentee in original letters patent No. 385,648, dated July 3, 1888, and reissued letters patent No.…
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge,
(after stating the facts.) Letters patent grant a public franchise, giving to the inventor some compensation for the exercise of his inventive genius in the discovery of, and his labor and ingenuity in reducing to practice and describing, novel and useful inventions, by which the public may attain beneficial' results with less expenditure of time and labor. From every patented invention of value the compensation derived by the inventor is small in proportion to the benefit conferred upon the public. The invent- or’s reward is limited to a few years, at most, while the…
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