United States v. Univis Lens Co.

United States v. Univis Lens Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 9–10, 1942
Decided May 11, 1942
Full case nameUnited States v. Univis Lens Co., Inc., et al.
Citations316 U.S. 241 (more)
62 S. Ct. 1088; 86 L. Ed. 1408; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 1241; 53 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 404
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
James F. Byrnes · Robert H. Jackson
Case opinion
MajorityStone, joined by Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy, Byrnes
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

United States v. Univis Lens Co., 316 U.S. 241 (1942), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court explaining the exhaustion doctrine and applying it to find an antitrust violation because Univis's ownership of patents did not exclude its restrictive practices from the antitrust laws. The Univis case stands for the proposition that when an article sold by a patent holder or one whom it has authorized to sell it embodies the essential features of a patented invention, the effect of the sale is to terminate any right of the patent holder under patent law to control the purchaser's further disposition or use of the article itself and of articles into which it is incorporated as a component or precursor.

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