make, use and vend
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 304 U.S. 175 - General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co. · 1938Most cited · 319 citing opinions
the further privilege after sale, to control—apart from contract—the use of all patented merchantable commodities, a still more sweeping power can be exercised by patent owners.
How often courts cite the case defining “make, use and vend”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “make, use and vend” — 319 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.