Ramsay Highlander, Inc. v. Fresh Express
Fresh Express filed a patent application on this 'Gen I' method in September 1998. It thereafter developed an improved 'Gen II' version of this method that incorporated a conveyer belt to move the lettuce heads and applied for a patent on the Gen II method in April 1999. The Gen I patent issued in September 1999. The Gen II patent issued in October 2001. Fresh Express required harvesters who used Fresh Express's patented method in harvesting for another company to pay Fresh Express a licensing fee of one-quarter cent per pound of lettuce harvested for the other company.
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