Smith, McCoy scripsit: > The conditional sale cases under the patent law (of which there > are but a few, the Mallinckrodt case being the most notable: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallinckrodt,_Inc._v._Medipart,_Inc. ) > might be an example, although I don't recall if there was > any sort of true "contract" analysis in that case.
I don't think there was. It was just another example of massive overreaching by the Patent Holder's^W^W Federal Circuit. > There is > some debate as to whether the conditional sale cases are > good law anymore post the US Supreme Court's Quanta decision: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Computer,_Inc._v._LG_Electronics,_Inc. I hope not, but the Supremes seem to have left the question vague. In particular, none of these cases have to do with contract restrictions. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan co...@ccil.org I marvel at the creature: so secret and so sly as he is, to come sporting in the pool before our very window. Does he think that Men sleep without watch all night? --Faramir _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss