Bernard v. Huebel

The allegations disclose the defendant’s fraudulent attempt to obtain the benefit of the plaintiff’s invention through the use of information given him by the plaintiff, touching that invention, when employing him to construct a model, and it is made to appear that, with the knowledge thus obtained in confidence, and under a pledge of secrecy, the defendant asserted himself to be the- inventor, delayed the issuance of a patent to the plaintiff until 'after the termination of a lengthy contest, and enjoyed the profits derived from making and selling the article in the meantime.

Upon this…