Legal Opinion
Transitron Electronic Corporation v. Hughes Aircraft Company, Transitron Electronic Corporation v. Hughes Aircraft Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 15, 1981No. 80-1234, 80-1235PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This ease requires us to explore the kind of showing a patent licensee needs to make in order to recover royalties already paid under a license agreement when the patent itself is subsequently declared invalid. The main appeal is brought by Transitron Electronic Corporation from a judgment rendered by the district court in favor of Hughes Aircraft Company, the defendant in Transitron’s action for restitution and damages arising out of a patent licensing agreement.
I. Background
On March 31,1950, Hughes filed a patent application for a “glass-sealed…
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