Blastcrete Equipment Co. v. RIDLEY AND CO.

YANKWICH, District Judge.

The second amended complaint on which the case was tried charged patent infringement and unfair competition. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1400(b). At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s argument I expressed the view that there was no proof of unfair competition by misappropriation of trade secrets or otherwise. A further study of the matter reenforces, me in the view.

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No Unfair Competition

In this case I. M. Ridley, late in 1951 and early in 1952, assigned his invention-contained in Letters Patent 2,569,952, issued to him on October 2, 1951, and 2,594,072, issued to him on April 22,…