Legal Opinion
Barber-Colman Co. v. National Tool Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1943No. 9321PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
The contestants agree that the decisive question to be answered on this appeal is whether the owner of a process patent who also owns a patent for a machine designed for operation in conjunction with the patented process may, by license agreement, control the selling price of the article produced by use of the patented machine and process, where no patent covers the article sold.
The appeal is from the judgment of the District Court dismissing, on motion for summary judgment, the bill of complaint of the appellant licensor for equitable relief against the violation by the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Trenton Potteries Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- United States v. Line Material Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. General Electric Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1949
- Susser v. Carvel CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- United States v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle, M.B.H., Director Max Planck, Institut Fur Kohlenforschung, Hercules IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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