Title 35 — Patents
Part III · Chapter 29 — Remedies for Infringement of Patent, and Other Actions
§ 281. Remedy for infringement of patent
Statutory text
A patentee shall have remedy by civil action for infringement of his patent.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812.) · 66 Stat. 812
Enacted · 35 U.S.C. § 281
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812.)
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Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 67 and 70, part (R.S. 4919; R.S. 4921, amended (1) Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 391, § 6, 29 Stat. 694, (2) Feb. 18, 1922, ch. 58, § 8, 42 Stat. 392, (3) Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 726, § 1, 60 Stat. 778).
The corresponding two sections of existing law are divided among sections 281, 283, 284, 285, 286 and 289 with some changes in language. Section 281 serves as an introduction or preamble to the following sections, the modern term civil action is used, there would be, of course, a right to a jury trial when no injunction is sought.
Credits
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 812.)