Legal Opinion
Grantham v. McGraw-Edison Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 1971No. 18394PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
The principal question in this appeal is whether suit for infringement of a patent may be brought by a patent owner who has granted to another the sole and exclusive license to practice his invention but has reserved the right to receive royalties and to protect his royalty interest by suing infringers if his licensee fails to do so.
Paulette, Fred, and Charles R. Gran-tham appeal from a district court order denying their motion to reinstate their complaint. The suit, charging McGraw-Edison Company with patent infringement and seeking legal and equitable relief, had been…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Crown Die & Tool Co. v. Nye Tool & MacHine WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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