A patent for the exclusive use of an improvement in the invention of anchors contained a proviso for avoiding the patent if the patentee should not supply for Her Majesty’s service all such articles of the invention should be required, on such reasonable terms as should be settled by the Lords of the Admiralty. The latter used the invention, but did not take the articles from the patentee. The Court refused to issue a mandamus to them, to settle the terms according to the patent.
Citations:
[1836] EngR 665, (1836) 4 Ad and E 949, (1836) 111 ER 1040
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Intellectual Property
Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.314997