Legal Opinion

Western Geophysical Company of America, Inc. v. Bolt Associates, Inc., Bolt Associates, Inc., Third-Party v. Litton Industries, Inc., Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 1, 1978No. 569, Docket 77-7362PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant, Bolt Associates, Inc. (“Bolt”), appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Blumenfeld, Judge, awarding Plaintiff-Appellee, Western Geophysical Company of America, Inc. (“Western”), damages of $848,544 for Bolt’s wrongful termination of an exclusive licensing agreement. Bolt contends that Judge Blumenfeld erred: (1) in ruling that Bolt’s termination of Western’s exclusive license was not justified by Western’s failure to use, or to sublieense others to use, the patented invention that was the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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