G. M. C. Process Corp. v. Garofano

The action is to enjoin the violation of an agreement in pursuance of which a patent was assigned to the plaintiff by defendant Joseph Garofano; and for an accounting. Garofano had invented, and in 1953 had obtained a patent for, a process by which silver is attached as a decoration to plastic materials.

In settlement of earlier litigation between plaintiff and Joseph Garofano an agreement was concluded in writing by which Garofano assigned the patent to the plaintiff and transferred to plaintiff the shares of stock he had in the plaintiff corporation.

He further covenanted that he would not…