Geza J. Jako, M.D. v. Pilling Company

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Geza Jako is a physician and professor of otolaryngology. Beginning in 1963 Dr. Jako entered into an informal collaboration relationship with appellee Pilling Company, a manufacturer of specialized medical equipment. Dr. Jako made several recommendations regarding the design of equipment used in microsurgery of the larynx, mainly laryngoscopes. Pilling had manufactured laryngoscopes prior to 1963, but from 1963 to the mid-to-late 1970’s, most of Pilling’s laryngoscopes, as well as other instruments used in the course of larynx-microsurgery, were developed…