United States v. General Electric Co.
United States v. General Electric Co., 272 U.S. 476 (1926), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that a patentee who has granted a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product.
GE's patent on the tungsten filament lamp, US Pat 1,018,502 – one of the patents that the Supreme Court said completely covered the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs
GE tungsten filament lamp embodying the invention of US Pat 1,018,502 – one of those involved in the 1926 US v GE litigation
United States v. Huck Mfg. Co.
United States v. Huck Mfg. Co., 382 U.S. 197 (1965), is the most recent patent-license price-fixing case to reach the United States Supreme Court. It was inconclusive, as the Court split 4–4 and affirmed the decision of the lower court without opinion.
Huck's patented lockbolt