Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
| Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co. | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Decided February 28, 1979 | |
| Full case name | Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co. |
| Citations | 440 U.S. 257 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Federal patent law does not preempt state contract law so as to preclude enforcement of the contract. | |
| Court membership | |
| |
Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co., 440 U.S. 257 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that federal patent law does not preempt state contract law so as to preclude enforcement of the contract.[1]
Description
[edit]The challenged law required the licensee of a patent-pending invention to pay a royalty to the inventor even if the patent was ultimately denied. The Supreme Court upheld the law because it did not cause anyone to decline to seek a patent or try to hide their disclosed inventions after the fact.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Text of Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co., 440 U.S. 257 (1979) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia
This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the text is in the public domain. "[T]he Court is unanimously of opinion that no reporter has or can have any copyright in the written opinions delivered by this Court." Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591, 668 (1834)
 | This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |