Vanadium-Alloys Steel Co. v. McKenna

GIBSON, District Judge.

The defendant has moved to dismiss the action, asserting that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and, also, that the court is without jurisdiction.

From the complaint it appears that both plaintiff and defendant are residents in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The defendant, the complaint alleges, was employed by plaintiff under a contract to discover and invent new metals, etc., and as part of his contract defendant agreed to assign to plaintiff all inventions conceived by him while in the employ of plaintiff, but despite his…