Legal Opinion
Padbloc Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 5, 1963No. 523-57PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
Plaintiff asks damages for violation of an alleged contract and also seeks compensation for the unlicensed use of patents which were the subject of that agreement. Since we find the contract count decisive, we summarize only the events of significance for that aspect of the suit, leaving to the findings the intricacies of the patents and the asserted infringements. Only the issue of liability is now before us.
In the early 1950’s, plaintiff and defendant were both interested in the packaging of unassembled fire-bombs — the napalm bombs carried by aircraft for dropping against enemy targets.…
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- United States v. BostwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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3Cited by43 opinions
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