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Lear, Inc. Vs. Adkins

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 16, 1969

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  1. Kinsman Vs. Parkhurst US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1855
  2. U.S. 653 (1969) U.S. Supreme Court Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
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  3. U.S. 653 (1969) Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
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  4. involving the negotiation of a license after a patent has issued. The holding of Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  5. royalties for the use of an idea which was, in reality, a part of the public domain. Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  6. the strong federal policy favoring free competition in ideas which do not merit patent protection. Sears, Roebuck v. Stiffel
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  7. Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite
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  8. to a patent owner constituted a limited exception to the general federal policy favoring free competition. Kinsman v. Parkhurst
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  9. decision often cited as supporting the estoppel doctrine points clearly in the opposite direction. St. Paul Plow Works v. Starling
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  10. Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully
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  11. this Court invoked an estoppel in 1905 without citing or considering Pope's powerful argument, United States v. Harvey
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  12. the doctrine was not to be applied again in this Court until it was revived in Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  13. far more compelling than those presented in the typical licensing arrangement. Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Formica
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  14. Faulks v. Kamp
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  15. licensor's claims were not novel at all, and thus successfully defend an action for royalties. Casco Products Corp. v. Sinko
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  16. Tool & Manufacturing Co., 116 F.2d 119. In Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus
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  17. yet another doctrine which was profoundly antithetic to the principles underlying estoppel. In Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson
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  18. provisions of their contract, once a third party proves that the patent is invalid. See, e.g., Drackett Chemical Co. v. Chamberlain
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  19. in general circulation be dedicated to the common good unless they are protected by a valid patent. Sears, Roebuck v. Stiffel
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  20. royalties despite his licensee's attempts to show that the patent is invalid. Compare Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food
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  21. the negotiation of a license after a patent has issued. We are satisfied that Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  22. intended to hold that Adkins' ideas satisfied the demanding standard of invention explicated in our decision in Graham v. John
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  23. the agreement, and that thereafter the licensee may challenge the validity of the patent. ( See, e.g., Armstrong Co. v. Shell
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  24. enforced patent licenses without a thorough consideration of the estoppel issues that were presented. In Eureka Co. v. Bailey
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  25. showing was required than was considered necessary in an ordinary infringement action. In Dale Tile Manufacturing Co. v. Hyatt
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  26. Edward Katzinger Co. v. Chicago
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  27. MacGregor v. Westinghouse
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  28. The Case of Private Good Faith v. Public
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  29. I see it, directly Page 395 U. S. 677 in conflict with what this Court held to be the law in Sears, Roebuck v. Stiffel
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  30. Co., 376 U. S. 225 (1964), and Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite
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  31. decision on questions unnecessary to its disposition of the case. See, e.g., Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Oklahoma
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  32. practice and refuse to issue pronouncements on questions not urged or decided in the state courts. In McGoldrick v. Compagnie
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  33. Id. at 309 U. S. 434 . Wilson v. Cook
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  34. and arose under the same implied constitutional immunity argument. Id. at 327 U. S. 483 . Cf. Dewey v. Des
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  35. The Court relied on McGoldrick and a long line of prior cases, including New York ex rel. Cohn v. Graves
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  36. Radio Station WOW v. Johnson
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  37. CIO v. McAdory
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  38. the state court, will probably or even certainly arise during further proceedings held in that court. See, e.g., NAACP v. Alabama
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  39. Hudson Distributors, Inc. v. Eli
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  40. See Flournoy v. Wiener
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  41. extent, they seem indistinguishable from pre-1960 royalties, at least for purposes of federal patent law. Cf. Brulotte v. Thys
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Lear, Inc. v. Adkins
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  43. of Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  44. Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine
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  45. Sears, Roebuck v. Stiffel
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  46. United States v. Harvey
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  47. Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Formica
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  48. Casco Products Corp. v. Sinko
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  49. In Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus
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  50. In Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson
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