Brown Method Co. v. Ginsberg

The appeal in this case is by the plaintiff in a suit for a stipulated yearly license fee for use of a patented device. Judgment was entered for the defendant upon a verdict directed by the trial court, and the single exception taken is one to the direction of the verdict.

The appellant, a corporation engaged in business in New York City, is the owner of patents for a device to facilitate alterations by retailers in ready-made trousers, to suit customers, and it granted to the appellees in Baltimore City, by a written contract, a license to make and sell trousers with this device, for an…