Legal Opinion
Timely Products, Inc. v. Costanzo
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 1, 1979No. Civ. B-76-357PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
NEWMAN, District Judge.
In this declaratory judgment action, the plaintiffs, Hines and Timely Products, Inc., seek to invalidate the agreement by which the corporation contracted to pay defendant Costanzo royalties on sales of a product in return for an exclusive license to manufacture and sell the product. Although the contract, made before the product was patented, specified that royalties would be paid on sales whether or not the patent were later invalidated, plaintiffs ask this Court to declare that the agreement is unenforceable, and that…
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