Legal Opinion
Moore v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 8, 1928PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
This is a suit by the plaintiff to enjoin the defendant from using its “Ford weekly purchase plan, ’ ’ and for an accounting, on the ground that the plaintiff conceived and devised an original and novel invention and trade secret, to he used in connection with the sale of automobiles and tractors, which had never been used in the sale of automobiles or in the sale of other commodities; that plaintiff communicated this plan to the defendant by letter, and that the defendant appropriated his plan and copied his letter, and made use of them to its profit.
The claims of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and GriggSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. StrausSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Peabody v. NorfolkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Tabor v. . HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Houser v. Snap-On Tools CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1962
- Lueddecke v. Chevrolet Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Bowen v. Yankee Network, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942
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