Thayer Telkee Corp. v. Davenport-Taylor Mfg. Co.

COXE, District Judge.

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction. The action is for patent infringement and unfair competition. The patents sued on are 1,740,048, issued December 17, 1929, for improvements in keyboards to hold keys, and particularly “a new type of hook strip” for retaining keys, and 1,770,327, issued July 8,1930, for improvements in drawer cabinets for use in filing keys.

The defendant was formerly sales agent of the plaintiff in the exclusive distribution *560of the plaintiff’s .products in the United States, east of Denver, under a five-year agreement, terminable for “any good…