Copeland v. Eaton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 9, 1909, seeking to compel the defendants to convey to the plaintiff a certain interest in a patent and in the profits from the manufacture of the patented machine, in accordance with what the plaintiff alleged to be the meaning of a contract between the parties, which is described in the opinion; also a Cross bill in which the defendants sought an accounting from the plaintiff under the terms of the contract.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on August 9, 1909, seeking to compel the defendants to convey to the plaintiff a certain interest in a patent and in the profits from the manufacture of the patented machine, in accordance with what the plaintiff alleged to be the meaning of a contract between the parties, which is described in the opinion; also a Cross bill in which the defendants sought an accounting from the plaintiff under the terms of the contract. The case was heard by Richardson, J., and a commissioner was appointed under Equity Rule 35 to take the evidence. The trial judge…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is a suit in equity brought to enforce specifically certain terms of a contract touching letters patent. A cross bill was brought by the defendants asking affirmative relief.
The defendants, being owners of a patent issued by the United States for certain “ machines ” and “ rolls,” entered into an agreement with the plaintiff by which the latter was granted an exclusive license to manufacture and sell the patented devices for a term of five years. Article VII. of the contract regulated in detail the way in which the accounts of the plaintiff while *142exercising the rights of manufacture and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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