Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.

Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
Decided February 28, 1979
Full case nameAronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co.
Citations440 U.S. 257 (more)
Holding
Federal patent law does not preempt state contract law so as to preclude enforcement of the contract.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens

Aronson v. Quick Point Pencil Co., 440 U.S. 257 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that federal patent law does not preempt state contract law so as to preclude enforcement of the contract.