Superior Marketing Research Corp. v. Purifoy

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal originated in a declaratory action filed on March 10, 1986, by plaintiffs, Sylvia Matthews, Loretta O’Byrne and Olinda Nimietz, against Superior Marketing Research Corp. (Superior), Don Miller, Robert Holcomb and James Dooley. The plaintiffs’ original complaint alleged that Miller, Holcomb and Dooley (referred sometimes herein as inventors) invented a method for cooling food and beverages within a container. Plaintiffs further alleged the inventors had applied for patent rights and, by agreement, the inventors assigned those rights to Superior in return for…