With its vast collection of some 10,000 radio-TV manufacturing patent rights, Radio Corporation of America is in an enviable position: every one of its competitors pays RCA handsome royalties on just about every set they turn out. Though most of them are unhappy with the arrangement, they have been unable to do much about it. Last week the Justice Department decided to have a try, filed an antitrust suit in Manhattan's District Court.
The Government's suit did not accuse RCA of monopolizing actual manufacture of radio-TV sets. It was aimed at what Justice called RCA's "package licensing" system, under which...
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