Legal Opinion
Watkins v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 12, 1957No. Civ. 5052PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, District Judge.
Findings of Fact
1. On April 17, 1934 there was issued to the plaintiff, James R. Watkins, U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,955,107 covering a wood cleated corrugated shipping container.
2. Subsequently, additional Letters Patent were issued to him for improvements on the shipping container as follows: October 9, 1934, Letters Patent No. 1,976,693;, December 27, 1938, Letters Patent No. 2,141,497; and May 13, 1939, Letters Patent No. 2,159,642.
3. In March 1937 the plaintiff, James R. Watkins, entered the employ of Dill-man Industries, Inc. of Caruthersville, Missouri,…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- James R. Watkins and Lucile L. Watkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Arras v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1958