Brass Metal Products, Inc. v. E-J Enterprises Inc.

GRAEFF, Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute between appellant, Brass Metal Products, Inc. (“Brass Metal”), and appellees, E-J Enterprises, Inc. (“E-J Enterprises”) and its President, Eric Johnson. E-J Enterprises, a wholesale metal distributor, entered into an agreement with Brass Metal to provide “just-in-time” inventory services, which entailed purchasing aluminum railings directly from aluminum extrusion mills, storing these railings, and selling them to Brass Metal as needed. The railings were designed by Brass Metal’s owner and President, James Burger, but Mr. Burger did not patent…