Altvater v. Freeman

1943 United States Supreme Court case
Altvater v. Freeman
Argued April 19, 1943
Decided May 24, 1943
Full case nameAltvater v. Freeman
Citations319 U.S. 359 (more)
63 S. Ct. 1115; 87 L. Ed. 1450; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1252
Case history
Prior135 F.2d 212 (8th Cir. 1943)
Holding
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.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas
DissentFrankfurter, joined by Roberts

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

Further reading

  • Maines, Ruanne Neighbour (1949). "Declaratory Judgments: Patent Litigation: Justiciable Controversy". California Law Review. 37 (3). California Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 3: 506–510. doi:10.2307/3477809. JSTOR 3477809.

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