Legal Opinion
John R. Willingham, Star Cutter Company, Joined as v. Norman B. Lawton, and Star Cutter Company, Party
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1977No. 76-1096PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
The principal issue presented on this interlocutory appeal is whether the owner of a two-thirds undivided interest in a patent can maintain an action for infringement without the voluntary joinder of the co-owner, where the co-owner is joined in the litigation as involuntary party plaintiff pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 19(a), and where the co-owners have entered into the following written agreement:(10) In the event of any third party infringement of the Letters Patent, or any of them, the party having knowledge thereof shall promptly notify the other party of such…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Waterman v. MacKenzieSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by32 opinions
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