Brunt v. La Crosse Plow Co.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by Willard A. Van Brunt against tile La Crosse Plow Company for infringement of the Van Brunt patent No. 659,881, for a.furrow opener for use on grain drills. On exceptions to' report of special master in respect to- accounting for profits.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
An account having been directed by the Circuit Court of Appeals (168 Fed. 927, 94 C. C. A. 331), the case was referred to Cameron L. Baldwin, of La Crosse, as special *282master, to take and report on the accounting for profits. No damages are recoverable, because complainant, the owner of the patent, is not engaged in the manufacture or sale of the patented device. The common rate of royalty charged by the patentee on numerous licenses was 25 cents.
The patent relates to a furrow opener for use upon seeding drills, and the complainant is entitled to recover all profits…
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