Supreme Court of Canada
Dreschel et al. v. The Auer Incandescent Light Manufacturing Company (1898) 28 SCR 608
Date: 1898-06-14
Dreschel et al. v. The Auer Incandescent Light Manufacturing Company.
1898: May 12; 1898: June 14.
Present:—Sir Henry Strong C.J. and Taschereau, Sedgewick, King and Girouard JJ.
Statute, construction of—Patent of invention—Expiration of foreign patent—"The Patent Act," R. S. G. c. 61, s. 8.-55 & 56 V. c. 24, s 1.
Appeal from a judgment of the Exchequer Court of Canada (I) which declared a certain patent of invention to be a good, valid and subsisting patent, and that it had been infringed by the defendants, and making absolute an injunction against the defendants in respect thereof with costs.
After hearing counsel for both parties the court reserved judgment and on a subsequent day dismissed the appeal with costs and without giving any written reasons for judgment.
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Geoffrion Q.C. and Martin for the appellants.
Atwater Q.C. and Duclos for the respondent.