Legal Opinion
Usm Corporation v. Standard Pressed Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1975No. 74-1938PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
This is an interlocutory appeal in a declaratory judgment action brought by a licensee to have a patent declared invalid. The licensee seeks to prevent the licensor from collecting the royalties that accrue during the pendency of the action in the event the patent is held invalid, but to retain its rights under the license and pay those royalties to the licensor in the event the patent is held valid. The licensee moved for a preliminary injunction against termination of the license, offering to pay the royalties into court or into escrow or to pay them to the licensor on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lear, Inc. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corp. v. Edward and Lucy Kalpakian, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- The Troxel Manufacturing Company, and Cross-Appellee v. Schwinn Bicycle Company, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wallace Clark & Co., Inc. v. Acheson Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Milprint, Inc. v. Curwood, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- American Equipment Corporation, a Corporation v. Wikomi Manufacturing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Bristol Locknut Company, Plaintiff/appellee/cross-Appellant v. Sps Technologies, Inc., Defendant/appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Diematic Manufacturing Corp. v. Packaging Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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