White Heat Products Co. v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 97, Jan. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Chester Co., in Equity, No. 632, dismissing bill in equity in case of White Heat Products Co. v. Charles W. Thomas. Bill in equity for injunction. Before Hause, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court dismissed the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was decree dismissing bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff, by its bill, seeks to compel defendant to disclose certain inventions and assign to plaintiff an application for a patent on such devices, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the parties. The case was heard before a referee who found the invention in question was within the terms of the contract and recommended a decree ordering execution of a proper assignment from defendant to plaintiff and awarding a perpetual injunction restraining defendant from disclosing to others information concerning the invention in question. Exceptions were…
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