A & C ENGINEERING CO. v. Atherholt

This case concerns a bill in equity ■.filed by plaintiff-appellee, A & C Engineering Company, on August 13, 1956, praying that it be decreed the sole owner of certain patent rights and patent applications and of the trade name “Hydra-lock” and that the defendant be required to assign to it his interests therein. In answer defendant admitted that the trade name belonged to the plaintiff but denied its right to the remainder of the relief requested.

Prior to 1952 A & C Engineering Company was •owned and operated as a joint partnership by George L. Atherholt, Sr., and John A. Coletti. The…