Legal Opinion
The Rail-Trailer Co. v. Acf Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 1966No. 15277_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Circuit Judge.
The Rail-Trailer Co., plaintiff-appellant, co-owner with ACF Industries, Inc., defendant-appellee, of U.S. Patent No. 3,145,006, entitled “Collapsible Trailer Support and Anchor”, brought suit in the District Court for a declaratory judgment that an exclusive license to make the invention granted by the plaintiff to the defendant is null and void, unenforceable as an agreement in restraint of trade, and that plaintiff is entitled to make, and to license others to make, the patented device. The license was granted while the application for the patent was pending and…
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