Legal Opinion
John C. Meehan v. Ppg Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 1986No. 85-2495PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff brought this breach of contract action in 1984 when defendant stopped making him royalty payments for sales of his invention. The contract. involved an assignment of rights in a “method and apparatus” invented by the plaintiff. The three patents on plaintiff's invention have since expired. Although the contract required defendant to make royalty payments to plaintiff until the expiration of all patents, defendant refused to pay royalties for sales in the United States after the expiration of the only United States patent.
Both parties brought motions for summary…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pitney Bowes, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Celina Mestre, Personal Representative of the Estate of Luis Mestre, Deceased, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
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