Legal Opinion
Chirichillo v. Prasser
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 4, 1998No. 97-C-0814PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Anthony Chirichillo makes two allegations in this lawsuit: (1) that he was a co-inventor of an invention patented by defendant Robert Prasser and should therefore be named on the patent as a co-inventor, and (2) that Prasser agreed to transfer to Chirichillo stock in the corporation that Prasser established to market the invention, but that Pras-ser breached this agreement. Jurisdiction is based on 35 U.S.C. § 256, which authorizes federal courts to order the Commissioner of Patents to correctly identify…
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