Legal Opinion
Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd. v. Haworth, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 2006No. 05-4744PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
On October 29, 1992, Haworth, Inc. (“Haworth”) entered into an agreement with Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd. (‘Waterloo”), granting Waterloo a license to Haworth’s Patent No. 4,616,798 (“the ‘798 patent”). The agreement included a “most favored nations” provision that required Haworth to give Waterloo the benefit of any more favorable royalty rates that Haworth might grant to another licensee under the ‘798 patent. Haworth’s patent expired on October 14, 2003. On March 24, 2004, Haworth executed a settlement agreement with a third party, SoftView Computer Products…
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