Legal Opinion
Rosenthal v. Celanese Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1942Published
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is a suit for alleged wrongful appropriation by the defendant of an original idea for making artificial silk yarn, irregular in thickness, for use in the manufacture of fabrics simulating shantung or pongee silk.
The complaint alleges that the idea was conceived by the plaintiff prior to 1926; that it was disclosed to the defendant in the early part of 1926, pursuant to an oral agreement under which the defendant undertook not to use the idea commercially without the consent of the plaintiff; and that the defendant, without the plaintiff’s consent, has, since about…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lea v. Polk County Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Rowland v. BieseckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Rowland v. BieseckerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1910
- Gill v. Jamaica Bay Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Rosenthal v. Celanese Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1940