Case ID: us-ct-cl_63/html/0677-01.html
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Author: {"author": "Mr. Chief Justice Taft", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

DE FOREST RADIO TELEPHONE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
    [60 C. Cls. 1034; 273 U. S. 236]
    Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was
    
      affirmed,,
    
    the Supreme Court deciding:
    1. A license to make and use a patented article does not depend on formal language, and, as a defense to a subsequent suit for infringement, a license may be inferred from the patent owner’s words and acts indicative of bis consent, with a reservation of his right to compensation.
   Mr. Chief Justice Taft

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court February 21, 1927.