Legal Opinion
Hughes Aircraft Company v. The United States, Defendant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 19, 1996No. 94-5149, 95-5001PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Chief Judge.
Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes) appeals the judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims awarding Hughes compensation based on a 1% royalty rate with respect to spacecraft manufactured and used by or for the United States which embody the invention of Hughes’ United States Patent No. 3,758,051 (the Williams patent). Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States, 31 Fed. Cl. 481, 35 USPQ2d 1243 (1994) (Hughes XII ).1 Hughes argues that the 1% royalty rate is too low. The United States cross-appeals contending that certain spacecraft were incorrectly included in the royalty…
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