Legal Opinion
Brulotte v. Thys Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 16, 1964No. 20PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Respondent, owner of various patents for hop-picking, sold ,a machine to each of the petitioners for a flat sum1 and issued a license for its use. Under that license there is payable a minimum royalty of $500 for each’ hop-picking season or $3.33% per 200 pounds of • dried hops harvested by the machine, whichever is greater. The licenses by their terms may not be assigned nor may the machines be removed from Yakima County. *30The licenses issued to petitioners listed 12 patents relating to hop-picking machines;2 but only seven were incorporated into the machines sold to and licensed for use by…
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