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· 3/25/1966

United States v. Frischholz

Citations

  • 16 C.M.A. 150
  • 16 USCMA 150
  • 36 C.M.R. 306
  • 1966 CMA LEXIS 280
  • 1966 WL 4467

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the proper measure of damages is the injury to patentee rather than the government’s taken benefit
  • noting the Crozier Court's adoption of Justice Harlan's takings theory in Schillinger
  • award of compensation made on unpatented replacement anodes part of patent value where patented “battery’s very uniqueness ... lies in replacing anodes to be recharged”
  • award of compensation made on unpatented replacement anodes part of patent value where patented \battery's very uniqueness ... lies in replacing anodes to be recharged\
  • “There is, however, no attempt in s. 1498, as we construe it, to authorize uncompensated expropriation of patents____”
  • “When the government has infringed, it is deemed to have ‘taken’ [a] patent license under an emi- nent domain theory.”

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Judges: Ferguson, Kilday, Quinn

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