- Altvater v. Freeman
Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = Altvater v. Freeman
ArgueDate = April 19
ArgueYear = 1943
DecideDate = May 24
DecideYear = 1943
FullName = Altvater v. Freeman
USVol = 319
USPage = 359
Citation = 319 U.S. 359
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Holding = Although a licensee had maintained payments of royalties, a Declaratory Judgment Act claim of invalidity of the licensed patent still presented a justiciable case or controversy.
SCOTUS = 1943-1945
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LawsApplied ="Altvater v. Freeman", 319 U.S. 359 (
1943 ), was a decision by theSupreme Court of the United States which held that, although a licensee had maintained payments of royalties, aDeclaratory Judgment Act claim of invalidity of the licensed patent still presented a justiciable case or controversy.ee also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 319
*"MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. ", ussc|549|118|2007Further reading
*cite journal |last=Maines |first=Ruanne Neighbour |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1949 |month= |title=Declaratory Judgments: Patent Litigation: Justiciable Controversy |journal=California Law Review |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=506–510 |doi=10.2307/3477809 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
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