Legal Opinion
Sinclair v. Aquarius Electronics, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 2, 1974No. Civ. 31700PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KANE, J.
Defendant Aquarius Electronics, Inc. (“Aquarius”) appeals from a judgment obligating it to make payments to plaintiff under a royalty agreement.
In November 1969 Frank Bakerich (“Bakerich”), the majority shareholder of Aquarius, approached plaintiff at his home in Little River, California. Bakerich had heard that plaintiff, an electronics researcher and consultant, was working with brain waves and was interested in the commercial exploitation of his experiment. Plaintiff demonstrated the workability of the idea on a large device which converted brain waves into audible form.…
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