Court Prohibits Termination of Patent License Agreement

July 25, 2008 in Case Summaries

Jeff Levinger represented Canon in the appeal of a judgment against it based on the alleged breach of a patent license agreement.  The Fifth Circuit reversed and held that the plaintiff was not entitled to terminate Canon’s patent license agreement.  Nano-Proprietary, Inc. v. Canon Inc., 537 F.3d 394 (5th Cir. 2008).