Legal Opinion
United States v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle, M. B. H.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 3, 1976No. Civ. A. 1255-70PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.
The United States of America has sued the Defendants for violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It complains of Defendants’ acts arising from a contractual arrangement between the Defendant, Hercules, and a patentee, Karl Ziegler, now deceased and succeeded in interest by the Defendant, Studiengesellschaft Kohle, M. B. H. Defendants contend that the arrangement with Ziegler granting Hercules the exclusive right to sell the unpatentable product made by the patented process is a license agreement protected…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- United States v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Adams v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle, M.B.H., Director Max Planck, Institut Fur Kohlenforschung, Hercules IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Robintech, Inc. v. Chemidus Wavin, Ltd.District Court, District of Columbia · 1978
- Robintech, Inc. v. Chemidus Wavin, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Robintech, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Chemidus Wavin, Limited, a British Corporation, Robintech, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Chemidus Wavin, Limited, a British CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980