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Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co., 329 U.S. 637 (1947)
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Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co., 329 U.S. 637 (1947)
Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co. No. 208 Argued January 7, 8, 1947 Decided February 3, 1947 329 U.S. 637
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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A patent licensing agreement granted an exclusive license to manufacture and sell in the United States, Canada and Mexico a patented machine under the patents then owned or later acquired by the licensor, subject to a condition that the licensee assign to the licensor any improvement patents applicable to the machine and suitable for use in connection with it.
Held: the inclusion in the license of the condition requiring the licensee to assign improvement patents is not per se illegal and unenforceable. Pp. 642-648.
156 F.2d 19 reversed.
In a suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction instituted by a licensee under a patent licensing agreement, the District Court sustained the validity of a condition requiring the licensee to assign improvement patents to the licensor. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. 156 F.2d 198. This Court granted certiorari. 329 U.S. 695. Reversed, p. 648.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co., 329 U.S. 637 (1947) in 329 U.S. 637 329 U.S. 638. Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QMYMZQ6LGDD4VQZ.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co., 329 U.S. 637 (1947), in 329 U.S. 637, page 329 U.S. 638. Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QMYMZQ6LGDD4VQZ.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Transparent-Wrap Machine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co., 329 U.S. 637 (1947). cited in 1947, 329 U.S. 637, pp.329 U.S. 638. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QMYMZQ6LGDD4VQZ.
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