Seal v. Bookkeeper Pub. Co.

Citations

• 130 F. 449
• 64 C.C.A. 651
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4186

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents — License—Evidence Held not to Establish Renewal.</p> <p>An exclusive license to manufacture a patented article, granted by the owner of the patent for the term of one year, with privilege of renewal on certain conditions, held, under the evidence, not to have been renewed within the time agreed upon, wherefore the rights of the licensee terminated- at the expiration of the year, and a second licensee, who obtained an exclusive license to run from that time, paying the agreed consideration therefor, was vested during its term with the sole and exclusive right to make and sell the patented article.</p>