Smith v. Dravo Corp.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal ifrom a judgment for defendant entered at the close of a trial by the court without a jury. The complaint is in four counts: 1 and 2 charge an unlawful appropriation by defendant of plaintiffs’ trade secrets relating to the design and construction and selling and leasing of freight containers; 3 and 4 aver infringement of plaintiffs’ patents Nos. 2,457,841 and 2,457,-842. Under count 1 plaintiffs seek: (a) to enjoin defendant from (1) competing with plaintiffs in the freight container business until such time as plaintiffs shall have reestablished…