Wilson v. Norge Corporation

Edward Wilson, a skilled mechanic and inventor, in 1915 obtained a patent on a rotary compressor which he had improved and developed in such a manner as made the device suitable and practical for use in the manufacture of electric refrigeration units. Plaintiff assigned his rights in this patent to the National Pump & Compressor Company, a Delaware corporation, but except in the particulars hereinafter noted, such assignment is not material to the issues in the instant case; and notwithstanding the rights of defendant herein accrued in part through a contract between defendant and the…