Ingle v. Landis Tool Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
.Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Charles B. Witmer, Judge. Suit in equity by Arthur H. Ingle against the Landis Tool Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the relative . rights in a patent of an employer and an employee, where the latter makes an invention during his term of employment. This vexed question was the subject of litigation in this circuit, and its principles were discussed and determined by this court in Pressed Steel Car Co. v. Hansen, 137 Fed. 403, 71 C. C. A. 207, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1172, where, in affirming the decision of the lower court, reported at 128 Fed. 444, this court held that, in the absence of an express contract or agreement to invent, the relation'of employer and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dalzell v. Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Hapgood v. HewittSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pressed Steel Car Co. v. HansenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1905
- Pressed Steel Car Co. v. HansenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1904
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- United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Peck v. Standard Parts Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
- United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
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