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· 9/9/1987

Spindelfabrik Suessen-Schurr Stahlecker & Grill Gmbh v. Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft and Schubert & Salzer MacHine Works, Inc.

Citations

  • 829 F.2d 1075
  • 4 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1044
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 536

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  • “[A] patent license agreement is in essence nothing more than a promise by the licensor not to sue the licensee.”
  • “[A] patent license agreement is in essence nothing more than a promise by the licensor not to sue the licensee . . . [e]ven if couched in terms of ‘licensee is given the right to make, use, or sell X . . . .’” (brackets omitted)

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Judges: Archer, Baldwin, Skelton

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