Kraus v. General Motors Corporation

CONGER, District Judge.

This is an action by Charles E. Kraus, an inventor, agains't General Motors Corporation and AC Spark Plug Company (formerly Champion Ignition Company). The complaint sets forth four separate causes of action, as follows:

First cause of action: Manufacture and sale by defendants of spark plugs, etc., embodying plaintiff’s alleged patent, under exclusive license agreement granted to defendants by plaintiff, and defendants’ failure to pay royalties to plaintiff as so required by the aforementioned agreement ($5,256,000).

Second cause of action: Breach of contract by…