St. Paul Plough Works v. Starling

Citations

• 127 U.S. 376
• 8 S. Ct. 1327
• 32 L. Ed. 251
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1998

Syllabus

<p>An action in the Circuit Court by a patentee for breach of an agreement of a licensee to make and sell the patented article and to pay royalties, in which the validity and the infringement of the patent are controverted, is a “ case touching patent rights,” of which this court has appellate jurisdiction, under § 699 of the Revised Statutes, without regard to the sum or value in dispute:</p>