Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. v. Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

This is a motion by the Government to intervene in a patent litigation between two private parties. It raises a significant procedural question.

Plaintiff’s complaint is to this effect: As the owner of certain patents on valves, it entered into a license agreement with a third party to which the defendant succeeded. Under that agreement defendant is licensed to manufacture, sell and use the valves in the oil industry. Defendant is required by the agreement to pay royalties, make statements of royalties due and, what is now important, “not to sell * * * valves * * * at…