Carver v. Harr

The bill of complaint shows that complainant Carver invented a ventilating blackout screen adapted particularly for portholes on ships; that he has applied for a patent and has contracted to turn over to his co-complainant, the Smith Company, his right, title and interest in the invention and in such patent as may issue thereon. Complainants allege that this invention is a trade secret and that the defendants, Herman Harr and Electric Fixture Manufacturing Company, learned the secret under circumstances which makes it inequitable for them to use it. The bill prays that the defendants be…