AT the time of the case, the courts followed the new business rule:
Profits from a new business cannot be proven with reasonable certainty, and so cannot be recovered for breach of contract.
If the court sees the stove with the innovative value as analogous to a new business, Security Stove will not be able to recover expectation damages for lost profits from the sales of the stove it would have made if the valve had been delivered.
(a) Yes
(b) No