American Electrical Novelty & Mfg. Co. v. Acme Electric Lamp Co.

Citations

• 111 F. 739
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4990

Syllabus

<p>Patents—Suit fob Infringement—Sums Wrong Corporation.</p> <p>Suit for Infringement of patents was brought against a corporation alleged and admitted to have been organized under the laws of New York. An interlocutory decree was (altered for complainant after an ex parte hearing, and an accounting directed. The evidence before the master showed that the defendant had ceased doing business before the patents were issued, and that the infringements complained of were committed by a New Jersey corporation having the same name, and in part the same officers, which was organized after defendant went out of business, but before the patents sued on were issued. Held,, that there was no ground upon which a decree could be rendered against defendant for such infringements, and that complainant could be awarded only-nominal damages.</p>