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· 3/18/1853

Bloomer v. McQuewan

Citations

  • 55 U.S. 539
  • 14 L. Ed. 532
  • 14 How. 539
  • 1852 U.S. LEXIS 467

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating “when the machine passes to the hands of the purchaser, it is no longer within the limits of the monopoly”
  • “[W]hen the machine passes to the hands of the purchaser, it is no longer within the limits of the monopoly”
  • “[W]hen the machine passes to the hands of the purchaser, it is no longer within the limits of the monopoly.”
  • “The franchise which the patent grants, consists altogether in the right .to exclude every one from making, using, or vending the thing patented, without the permission of the patentee.”
  • “The franchise which the patent grants, consists altogether in the right to exclude every one from making, using, or vending the thing patented, without the permission of the patentee. This is all that he obtains by the patent.”
  • “The franchise which the patent grants, consists altogether in the right to exclude every one from making, using, or vending the thing patented ... This is all that he obtains by the patent.”

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Judges: Taney, McLean, Nelson

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