Altvater v. Freeman
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| Argued April 19, 1943 Decided May 24, 1943 | |||||||
| Full case name | Altvater v. Freeman | ||||||
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| Although a licensee had maintained payments of royalties, a Declaratory Judgment Act claim of invalidity of the licensed patent still presented a justiciable case or controversy. | |||||||
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| Majority | Douglas | ||||||
Altvater v. Freeman, 319 U.S. 359 (1943), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that, although a licensee had maintained payments of royalties, a Declaratory Judgment Act claim of invalidity of the licensed patent still presented a justiciable case or controversy.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 319
- MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118 (2007)
Further reading
- Maines, Ruanne Neighbour (1949). "Declaratory Judgments: Patent Litigation: Justiciable Controversy". California Law Review (California Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 3) 37 (3): 506–510. doi:10.2307/3477809. JSTOR 3477809.
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