Brulotte v. Thys Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1964-11-16

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Mr. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondent, owner of various patents for hop-picking, sold ,a machine to each of the petitioners for a flat sum 1 and issued a license for its use. Under that license there is payable a minimum royalty of $500 for each’ hop-picking season or $3.33% per 200 pounds of • dried hops harvested by the machine, whichever is greater.…

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