Legal Opinion
Brandt v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 26, 1984No. AO15431PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, Acting P. J.
By their “Complaint for Money, for Breach of Contract, for Damages for Bad Faith, for Damages for Breach of Confidential Relationship,” in an action against their employers, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., a corporation, and Lockheed Aircraft International, Inc., a corporation (hereafter in the singular, Lockheed), plaintiffs Oscar Brandt and Joseph Harris sought damages for Lockheed’s claimed failure reasonably to reward them for an invention, the patent rights of which they had assigned to Lockheed.
Following trial of the issues, a jury found in favor…
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