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''Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.'', 210 U.S. 405 (1908), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the principle that
patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
holders have no obligation to use their patent.


Facts

Eastern Paper Bag brought an action to prevent its competitor Continental Paper Bag from using its patent for a "self-opening" paper bag. Continental Paper Bag alleged that Eastern Paper Bag was not using its patent but simply trying to suppress
competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ...
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Decision of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court rejected this argument by Continental Paper Bag, holding that it was the essence of the patent to exclude others without question of motive.


See also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 210 *'' Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States'',


Further reading

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External links

* * United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court United States patent case law United States antitrust case law 1908 in United States case law Bags {{SCOTUS-stub