Legal Opinion
Smiths America Corp. v. Bendix Aviation Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 17, 1956No. Civ. A. 1690-52PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This is a suit for patent royalties, based on a contract under seal, said contract defining “Smith” of England and “Bendix” of the United States of America as parties thereto. 1 Specifically, the agreement calls for a non-exclusive cross license, each party being licensed under the others’ patents in the limited field of instruments 2 as that term is defined in paragraph one of the contract.
It is the contention of plaintiffs that during World War II both Smith and Bendix manufactured instruments for their respective governments under each others’ patents in their…
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