Legal Opinion
Loew's Drive-In Theatres, Inc. v. Park-In Theatres, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 8, 1949No. 4316PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in an action for unpaid royalties alleged to have fallen due under a licensing agreement prior to its admittedly legal termination by the plaintiff on June 1, 1938, and for damages for patent infringement thereafter, has taken this appeal from an interlocutory judgment entered for the plaintiff on the issue of liability.
The plaintiff-appellee, a New Jersey corporation, is the owner by assignment of United States patent No. 1,909,537 for a Drive-in-Theatre issued on May 16, 1933, to one Hollingshead. On June 1, 1937, it licensed the defendant-appellant, a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Knapp v. MorssSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Park-In-Theatres, Inc. v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Marion F. McDonald v. C. Y. Patton, Sr., Trading and Doing Business as Patton's Gulf ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Virginia T. Gillentine v. Maxwell N. McKeand Lawrence MooreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., in No. 75--1162 v. Carlisle Corporation, in No. 75--1163Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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