Legal Opinion
Hook v. Hook & Ackerman, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1951No. 10182, 10221PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
The parent case here upon appeal was filed July 19, 1949. In 1938, C. Howard Hook, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Harold S. Ackerman, a resident of Larchmont, New York, together organized “Hook & Ackerman, Inc.”, under the incorporation laws of Pennsylvania. In August of 1939, Ackerman applied for a patent appertaining to a gas boiler, and in the same month he granted a nonexclusive license to the corporation, Hook & Ackerman, Inc., to manufacture boilers in accordance with the invention. Also, in the same month and year, Ackerman transferred one-half…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Waterman v. MacKenzieSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Crown Die & Tool Co. v. Nye Tool & MacHine WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Barney v. Baltimore CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien MillardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc. v. TyraTexas Supreme Court · 1966
- Orla E. Watson and Edith Watson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Cody v. RieckerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- United States v. KrasnovDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1956
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