MERCK & CO. v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 18904.

155 F.Supp. 843 (1957)

MERCK & CO., Inc., Successor by merger to Sharp & Dohme, Incorporated, v. Francis R. SMITH, Individually and as the former Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayward H. Coburn, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., James P. Garland, Benjamin H. Pester, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This action for a refund of income taxes in the amount of $324,033.12 was tried to the Court without a jury upon a stipulation covering all the facts. The question is whether income received by the plaintiff in the form of royalties under an instrument, denominated a license, transferring patent rights was ordinary income or income from the sale of a capital asset.

Whether a transfer of patent rights is an assignment or a mere license...

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