United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit to enforce a patent license agreement, a patent owner may not enforce a contract for payment of patent royalties beyond the expiration date of the patent.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2001
• Decided 06/17/2002
• Published 06/17/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Lueders (argued), Woodard, Emhardt, Naughton, Moriarty & McNett, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John L. Cooper, Steven R. Lowenthal, Farella, Braun & Martel, San Francisco, CA, Edward W. Harris, III (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellees.