J.C. Kinley Co. v. Haynie Wire Line Service, Inc.

OPINION

SAM BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of appellees.

We affirm.

In 1947, appellants, J.K. Kinley Co., et al. (“Kinley”) obtained U.S. Patent 2,426,106 for an oil well perforating gun and later obtained U.S. Patents 2,540,122 and 2,544,-601 for improvements on the 1947 patent.

In 1957, appellees, Haynie Wire Line Service, Inc., et al. (“Haynie”) entered into a nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use the inventions of Kinley relating to oil field perforating guns, equipment, and parts under the patents listed above. The license provided:

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