Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc.

In September, 1927, the respondents brought an action in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in which they obtained a judgment that the defendant, the petitioner, was trustee ex maleficio for Oppenheimer of an invention atíd'letters patent issued to the defendant; that the defendant deliver to the plaintiffs an assignment of . the letters patent and give up instruments similar to the invention; that he be enjoined from using, manufacturing, selling, &g., such instruments, and from transferring any rights under the patent, and that he pay costs. The judg ment was based on the facts…