Super Sack Manufacturing Corporation v. Chase Packaging Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that statements of counsel in “motion papers and briefs” are covenants binding on their client
• holding that plaintiffs unconditional agreement not to sue defendant for infringement based upon any product then manufactured by defendant rendered noninfringement and invalidity counterclaims nonjusticiable
• holding that a patent hold- er’s renunciation of all infringement claims arising from the products currently manufactured by a competitor mooted the competitor’s request for a declaratory judgment of patent invalidity
• acknowledging that the defendant \may have some cause to fear an infringement suit\ based on products to be developed in the future
• acknowledging that the defendant “may have some cause to fear an infringement suit” based on products to be developed in the future
• holding that an unconditional promise not to sue “for infringement as to any claim of the patent-in-suit based upon products currently manufactured and sold . . . was sufficient to divest the court of jurisdiction over . . . counterclaims for noninfringement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).