EUDY v. MOTOR-GUIDE, HERSCHEDE HALL CLOCK, CO.

No. 80-3449.

651 F.2d 299 (1981)

Charles N. EUDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOTOR-GUIDE, HERSCHEDE HALL CLOCK CO., a Division of Arnold Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearings Denied September 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Farese, Ashland, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dolton McAlpin, Starkville, Miss., Pearce & Schaeperklaus, Roy Fred Schaeperklaus, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and SHARP, District Judge.


SHARP, District Judge:

On April 8, 1975 the Patent Office issued Patent No. 3,876,184 to Appellant, Charles N. Eudy, for his invention of an electrically powered anchor winch. On February 18, 1976 Eudy filed suit in the district court charging Appellee (1) infringed his patent by manufacturing a winch which copied his, (2) and was guilty of obtaining and utilizing trade secrets in producing its winch. Appellant sought damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 as well as...

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