ZENITH CORP. v. HAZELTINE

No. 49.

395 U.S. 100 (1969)

ZENITH RADIO CORP. v. HAZELTINE RESEARCH, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. McConnell argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Philip J. Curtis and Francis J. McConnell.

John T. Chadwell and Victor P. Kayser argued the cause for respondents. With them on the briefs for respondent Hazeltine Research, Inc., were C. Lee Cook, Jr., Joseph V. Giffin, M. Hudson Rathburn, and Laurence B. Dodds. With Messrs. Chadwell and Kayser on the brief for Hazeltine Corp. were Messrs. Cook and Giffin.

Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Zimmerman, and Harris Weinstein filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Zenith Radio Corporation (Zenith) is a Delaware Corporation which for many years has been successfully engaged in the business of manufacturing radio and television sets for sale in the United States and foreign countries. A necessary incident of Zenith's operations has been the acquisition of licenses to use patented devices in the radios and televisions it manufactures, and its transactions have included...

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