Civil action for infringement.
Section 42
SEC. 42. Civil action for infringement.—any patentee, or anyone possessing any right, title or interest in and to the patented invention, whose rights have been infringed, may bring civil action before the proper Court of First Instance, to recover from the infringer damages sustained by reason of infringement and to secure an injunction for the protection of his rights. If the damages are inadequate or cannot be readily ascertained with reasonable certainty, the court may award as damages a sum amounting to a reasonable royalty. The court may, according to the circumstances of the case, award damages in a sum above the amount found as actual damages sustained provided the award dose not exceed three times the amount of such actual damages.