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· 5/26/1854

Seymour v. McCormick

Citations

  • 57 U.S. 480
  • 14 L. Ed. 1024
  • 16 How. 480
  • 1850 U.S. LEXIS 1562

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting a blanket rule that infringing one component of a machine warranted a remedy measured by the full amounts of the profits earned from the machine
  • “wanton or malicious” injury could result in exemplary damages

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Judges: Grier

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