Buerk v. Valentine
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
[This was a suit in equity by Jacob E. Buerk against Dennis Valentine.] 2 [Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. Suit brought upon letters patent for “improvement in watchman’s time-detectors," granted to complainant, a,s assignee of John Buerk, January 1, 1861, for fourteen years from that date; reissued August 22, 1865, and again reissued March 8, 1870 [No. 3,869], for the residue of the term of fourteen years from October 29, 1856, the date of a French patent granted to…
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[This was a suit in equity by Jacob E. Buerk against Dennis Valentine.] 2 [Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. Suit brought upon letters patent for “improvement in watchman’s time-detectors," granted to complainant, a,s assignee of John Buerk, January 1, 1861, for fourteen years from that date; reissued August 22, 1865, and again reissued March 8, 1870 [No. 3,869], for the residue of the term of fourteen years from October 29, 1856, the date of a French patent granted to the inventor. Also upon letters patent [No. 48,048] for an “improvement in watchman’s time-detector,” granted to the…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit brought to restrain the alleged infringement of two patents, and for an account of gains and profits accruing to the defendant by such infringement, and for damages. The patent first set out in the bill of complaint is based upon an alleged -invention by John Burk, of Schwenningen, in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, made prior to the 1st of January, .1861, and assigned to the complainant, December 3d, 1860. The original patent was granted to the complainant January 1st, 1861, and purported to grant to him the exclusive right to make, use and sell, &e., for…
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