Amdyco Corp. v. Urquhart

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the delicate question of the relative rights of employer and employee where the latter has made an invention during his employment. Cases of that character have from time to time been before this court, and the principles involved have been stated in several eases, among which we now refer to Pressed Steel Car Co. v. Hansen, 137 F. 403, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1172, and Ingle v. Landis Tool Co., 272 F. 464. In the latter ease, after referring to the Hansen Case, we said: .“In the absence of an express contract or agreement to invent, the relation of…