Beach v. Hatch

Citations

• 153 F. 763
• 1907 U.S. App. LEXIS 5128

Syllabus

<p>Patents — Suits fob Infringement — Accounting.</p> <p>On an accounting for infringement of a patent under Rev. St. § 4921 [TJ. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3395J, the defendant’s profits and complainant's damages aro distinct from and independent of each other and are governed by different principles, and one is not tbe measure of the other, and hence both should be fojind, so that complainant may elect between them.</p> <p>[Eld. Note.' — For cases in point, see Cent Dig. yol. 38, Patents, g 569.</p> <p>Accounting by infringer for profits, see note to 50 C. C. A, 8.]</p>