Legal Opinion
Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided August 10, 1988No. 426-73PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TURNER, Judge.
Hughes Aircraft Company, owner of U.S. Patent No. 3,758,051 (the Williams patent),1 claims entitlement to compensation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1498 by reason of defendant’s alleged use of the patent in 108 spacecraft. Hughes seeks damages in excess of three billion dollars.
Hughes filed its complaint in 1973; since then a lengthy, complex and costly litigation has ensued at trial and appellate levels. In 1983, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Williams patent was valid and infringed by specific originally accused spacecraft and…
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