Legal Opinion
E. F. Drew & Co. v. Reinhard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 3, 1948No. 46, Docket 21052PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint in an action to compel the defendant, Reinhard, specifically to perform a contract to transfer to the plaintiff an invention made by him while in its employ. The only issues are: (1) whether the contract of employment gave to the plaintiff the right to inventions made by the defendant; and (2) whether the defendant made the invention while he was in the plaintiff’s employ. The judge found that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the contract did give to the plaintiff the right which it claimed.; but made no…
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