patent misuse
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From 314 U.S. 488 - Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 1942Most cited · 1,225 citing opinions
Equity may rightly withhold its assistance from such a use of the patent by declining to entertain a suit for infringement, and should do so at least until it is made to appear that the improper practice has been abandoned and that the consequences of the misuse of the patent have been dissipated.