Legal Opinion
Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1942No. 45PublishedCited by 387 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
The question for our decision is whether a patent licensee, by virtue of his license agreement, is estopped to challenge a price-fixing clause in the agreement by showing that the patent is invalid, and that the price restriction is accordingly unlawful because not protected by the patent monopoly.
Respondent brought the present suit in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asserting di versity of citizenship, and alleging that it was the owner of Patent No. 1,777, 256 for improvements in an electrical transformer; that it had entered into a license contract granting…
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