Heath v. Zenkich

Plaintiff, Roger Lee Heath, appeals the judgment of the trial court which held that the benefits of the inventorship of the BI-PAK 2 and BI-PAD belong to defendant, Elias R. Zenkich, owner of codefendant Zenex Corporation. Heath seeks reversal of the judgment as well as a declaration that he is the inventor of the BI-PAK 2 and BI-PAD devices and entitled to the respective patent applications which had been filed by defendants and any patents issued or issuing from those applications. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that Zenkich, not Heath, first…