4-One Box Machine Makers v. Wirebounds Patents Co.

The plaintiff in this case, a licensee under letters patent, has brought a bill in equity against the licensor alleging the invalidity of three of the basic patents, and prays for an injunction against the defendant’s cancelling the license because of the plaintiff’s refusal to pay royalties and for damages in consequence of the plaintiff’s loss of the monopoly, which resulted from the finding that the patents were void. To this bill the defendant has filed a general demurrer, and by agreement of the parties the cause is reported to this court for final determination of all questions of *358law…