Byron White, Aro Manufacturing Company v. Convertible Top Replacement Company…
“ Section 271 (a) imposes no comparable requirement of knowledge in the case of the direct infringer who makes or uses the patented com ination and § 287 does not say that one who makes or uses without knowledge is not infringing. It specifies that the 'infringer' is not liable for damages until notice of the 'infringement.' In any event, § 287, as my Brother BRENNAN says, is not applicable here under Wine Ry. ”
