Bandag, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant. v. Al Bolser's Tire Stores, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee

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• reversing holding that infringement defendant had implied license to practice claimed invention
• “the conclusion of the district court that an implied license of the Carver patent was extended to Bolser”
• plaintiff is not entitled to a windfall of profits if an injunction alone will satisfy the equities of the case
• “[i]n the absence of a[ny] proof of any actual damages, injunctive relief satisfies [all] the equities of this case.”
• “Section 1117 confers a great deal of discretion on a district court in fashioning a remedy....”
• no equitable recovery without showing of fraud or palming off; examination of the record did not reveal any evidence showing that plaintiff had lost substantial business and profits as a result of defendant's unfair competition

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