Met-Coil Systems Corporation v. Korners Unlimited, Inc. And Ductmate Industries, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit · Decided 1986-10-08

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NIES, Circuit Judge. The determinative issue in this appeal is whether a patent owner’s unrestricted sale of a machine useful only in practicing the claimed inventions presumptively carries with it an implied license under the patent. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania decided that legal issue in…

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