Legal Opinion
K & G Oil Tool & Service Co. v. G & G Fishing Tool Service
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1958No. A-6577PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORVELL, Justice.
This is a “trade secret” case which is in some respects similar to Hyde Corporation v. Huffines, Tex., 314 S.W.2d 763.
At the conclusion of a jury trial the district court rendered judgment for $22,000 against defendant, G & G Fishing Tool Service and others and issued an injunction perpetually restraining defendants from wrongfully copying, making and using a magnetic fishing tool which was substantially the same as the tool devised by plaintiff, John H. Kirby, II and manufactured by his licensee and co-plaintiff, K & G Oil Tool & Service Co., Inc. The magnetic tool was a…
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- Smith v. Dravo Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Picard v. United Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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