National Development Co. v. Gray

The plaintiff manufactures an automatic wood heel edge setting machine known as the Howard machine upon which it bolds a patent, and leases the machines under license contracts to wood heel manufacturers. *242It services these machines, supplies parts and receives a royalty for their use. The bill alleges that the defendant Lawson while in the plaintiff’s employment had invented an edge setting machine for wood heels, which on account of the nature and terms of his employment belongs to the plaintiff; that Lawson had applied for a patent for his invention; and that he had assigned his rights in…