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The Federal Question In Patent-License Cases, Amelia Smith Rinehart

Indiana Law Journal

The patent law has long recognized a patent owner’s ability to license some interest in the patent by granting to others permission to tread upon the patent owner’s property rights without legal consequence. When one of the parties to a patent license decides to seek remedies from the other party for a license harm, the resulting litigation may be a patent-infringement case with a contract issue or a contract case with a patent issue. In most cases, the patent owner brings her suit against the licensee in federal court, alleging that the licensee breached the license contract and, as a …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

ILA Collective Bargaining Agreements Affecting Containerized Cargo Held Invalid as "Work Acquisition" Measures

Damages from Successive, Independent Injuries may not be Cumulated to Determine "Constructive Total Loss" where Vessel has been restored to Seaworthy Condition between Injuries

Shipowner is Entitled to Lost Profits Measured by the Prevailing Market Rate During Off-Hire Extension Period

2. CUSTOMS

Trading with the Enemy Act Authorizes Treasury Regulations Prohibiting Import of Cuban Assets when the United States Interest Arises after the Effective Date of the Regulations

Standing to Protest Imposition of Dumping Duties Denied where Plaintiff unable to prove by Substantial and Convincing …