Legal Opinion
MGA, INC v. LaSALLE MACHINE TOOL, INC
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 21, 1986No. Docket 80604PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeasley, J.
On April 14, 1981, plaintiff, MGA, Inc., filed a complaint against defendant, LaSalle Machine Tool, Inc., alleging that defendant had violated a "patent license agreement” by not paying royalties to plaintiff for sales of machines covered by the license agreement. Plaintiff sought damages for the unpaid royalties and an injunction to enforce the license agreement in the future. On July 12, 1984, subsequent to a four-day bench trial, the trial judge issued a written opin ion finding that plaintiff had failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the machines sold by defendant were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- A & C ENGINEERING CO. v. AtherholtMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
- Consolidated Kinetics Corp. v. Marshall, Neil & Pauley, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1974
- Envirotech Corp. v. Amstar Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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