§ Form 18 Complaint for Patent Infringement

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Form 18. Complaint for Patent Infringement

(Caption--See Form 1.)

    1. (Statement of Jurisdiction--See Form 7.)

    2. On date, United States Letters Patent No._______ were issued to the plaintiff for an invention in an electric motor. The plaintiff owned the patent throughout the period of the defendant's infringing acts and still owns the patent.

    3. The defendant has infringed and is still infringing the Letters Patent by making, selling, and using electric motors that embody the patented invention, and the defendant will continue to do so unless enjoined by this court.

    4. The plaintiff has complied with the statutory requirement of placing a notice of the Letters Patent on all electric motors it manufactures and sells and has given the defendant written notice of the infringement.

    Therefore, the plaintiff demands:

        (a) a preliminary and final injunction against the continuing infringement;

        (b) an accounting for damages; and

        (c) interest and costs.

(Date and sign--See Form 2.)