Legal Opinion
Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 10, 1950No. Civ. A. No. 7990PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
This is a declaratory judgment suit brought by two residents of Pennsylvania, C. Howard Hook and W. W. Miller, co-partners, trading as Hook & Miller, against Hook & Ackerman, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation. It is asserted that the defendant is the exclusive licensee of Hook, one of the plaintiffs, and one Harold S. Ackerman, who together are the co-owners of United States Patent No. 2,247,796, relating to heating boilers. The exclusive license to practice the invention is said, to have been given by Hook and Ackerman to the defendant by a license agreement dated…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Clayton v. Swift & CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1955