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Show FLOTATION COMPANY SEEKS INJUNCTION MiriPr;i I.s Separation North AnvriL-an CorpuraLioTi and Minr-rals Si-parafitm, Ltd.. tht! latt.M- a Fit-Irish chhcitii, have brought .suit in Uk Tnitcd Suites district court at Portland, Me., jjain-t the .Nevada .Ne-vada Consolidated Copper company, ul-lbKinK ul-lbKinK in fringe me nt of pat cut s in t ho. concent rat ion of oia's, chi imin damages and scckhiR an injunclton to prevent further infringeinr-tit of its letters patent, says the Boston News Inireau. This suit marks another step In the litigation brought, by owners of the so-called so-called flotation process against mining companies in tlie United Slates which have refused to take out. licences and pay royalties. Three .suits have been brought prior to tli is htiyat ion. two of which have pro in? to the I 'nited State supremo court with decisions favoring tho Minerals Separation company. riotU of these affected the Hutte & Superior Su-perior Mining' company, which, under court order, must make an n ecouming of profits derived from the illegal use of the flotation process. The case ap.ain.st the Miami Copper company has advanced to the accounting stage which has been taking: place for the past few months. After reciting the history of the vari- , ous patents involved, the lull of complaint com-plaint alleges that tlie Nevada Consolt- ; dated company has been usin;? flotation at a profit to itself and in violation of the patent laws. Licenses would have been granted the Nevada company, the bill sets forth, upon the payment of royalties roy-alties prescribed. Larpre profits have accrued to the de-fondant de-fondant company, the plaintiff avers, and the latter seeks payment to -it of damages dam-ages and an injunction restraining" Nevada Ne-vada company from further use of the process. By bringing" suit against the Nevada Consolidated Copper company, a Maine corporation, the Minerals Separation company lias involved another federal suit the first as any appeal on the part of Nevada Consolidated would come to "Boston for hearing the adjudication. The Miami company case went before the third circuit on appeal in Philadelphia while tho Butte and Superior appeals have been made in the ninth circuit j at San Francisco. |