Havel v. Kelsey-Hayes Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dillon, P.J.
On defendant’s appeal, the issue presented is whether a written contract between the parties should be construed to include a promise by defendant to exercise reasonable diligence to exploit plaintiff’s patented process. We hold that the contract imposed that burden but because other issues of fact remain, we affirm Special Term’s denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
*381In 1967 plaintiff obtained patents on a “hot isostatic pressing” process to be used in the production of turbine discs for jet engines. Defendant is a manufacturer of turbine discs.
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