Respro, Inc. v. Worcester Backing Co.

The plaintiff, a Rhode Island corporation,

claims to be the owner of certain letters patent of the United States, of which the chief is a process patent for making impregnated napped woven fabric material, used as a leather substitute. On March 31, 1933, the plaintiff granted the defendant a license to manufacture under the patents, and the defendant associated with it in the manufacture another corporation called Elfskin Corporation. A controversy between the parties was ended by a written agreement dated June 15, 1934, and executed by the plaintiff as the party of the first part, and by the…