Legal Opinion
Lackner Co. v. Quehl Sign Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1944No. 9657PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the right of a defendant in a patent infringement suit who has filed a counterclaim attacking the validity of the patent, to have that question determined after the plaintiffs have moved to dismiss the suit with prejudice and have offered to grant the defendant a free license.
The bill of complaint charged the infringement of Fensom and Green Patent 1,- 850,319, granted to the Claude Neon Electrical Products Corporation, Ltd., under which the plaintiff the Lackner Company, Inc., is a licensee for a number) of states. The answer denied infringement,…
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