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DROEGER v. WELSH SPORTING GOODS CORP.

No. 74-2517.

541 F.2d 790 (1976)

John E. DROEGER, Appellee, v. WELSH SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Elke (argued), Sausalito, Cal., for appellant.

Jerome F. Downs (argued), Thornton, Taylor & Downs, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and LUCAS, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 4, 1976.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, Welsh Sporting Goods Corporation appeals the judgment entered after a jury found that Welsh had misappropriated a trade secret owned by John E. Droeger. We reverse.

In 1970, Droeger wrote an unsolicited letter to Welsh concerning Droeger's patented design for luggage convertible to a backpack. In early June, 1970, Welsh's sales representative,...

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