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1.lNFRmGEMENT OF PATENT-FoRFEITURE OF LICENSE.

Where the owner of a pateht licenses any one to manufacture and seH the patented article, and the license is upon express condition tllat it shall become void on the P8rtof the licensee to' pay a specified royalty to the licensor, and iti\l agreed that after breach of con<htion by the licensee he maybe treated as an infringer of the patent if lie continues to manufaeture or sell the patented'article, helll,. that the licensee cannot be treated by the as an Infringer, and sued as !luch ,in a !lpurt ofequity, for eontin,uiJlg to man'ufacture and sell the 'pat'ented article after breach of condiiion, ,and notice to 'hun from the licensor that he claitns a forfeiture 'of'th'e license;
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Under circumstanoes such as lire aopve set forth the oWjler of the patent Jl1Sy bring his action at' Jaw and, establish his royalty and recover what Is due, or file a bill in chancery and have the license annulltld. Ha?!tMt v. TiZgnman, 99 U. 8.647.

The bili alleges that complaillant'is' a citizen of Illinois, that defendants are citizens of Missouri;tha.t complainant is tbe :owner of'iJ. patent on an' improved lantern; that he licensed defendants to manufac-

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