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MARSHALL v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO.

No. 9700.

175 F.2d 215 (1949)

MARSHALL v. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1949.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton A. Burgess, New York City (Howard Duane, Wilmington, Del., on the brief), for appellant.

Benjamin B. Schneider, Chicago, Ill. (Hugh M. Morris and Alexander L. Nichols, Wilmington, Del., and Max Dressler, Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The ultimate question in this litigation is, who is the owner of the three inventions involved,1 the employee-inventor or the employer? Since his former employer asserted claims of ownership against these inventions, and since these claims interfered with his business interests, the plaintiff brought this suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 400,2 to disperse the cloud upon his title;...

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