BURTEN v. MILTON BRADLEY CO.

No. 84-1746.

763 F.2d 461 (1985)

Roger BURTEN d/b/a Rainy Day Games & Toys, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Barylick, Providence, R.I., with whom Wistow, Barylick & Bruzzi, Providence, R.I., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Gael Mahony, Boston, Mass., with whom John A.D. Gilmore, Bruce E. Falby and Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the clarity of a disclosure agreement between appellants, independent toy inventors, and the Milton Bradley Co., a toy manufacturer, and whether the parties intended by their disclosure agreement to preclude the formation of a confidential relationship. Plaintiffs-appellants Roger Burten and Allen Coleman claim that appellee Milton Bradley, when entrusted with a prototype of an electronic...

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