INGERSOLL-RAND CO. v. CIAVATTA


210 N.J. Super. 339 (1986)

509 A.2d 821

INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND INGERSOLL-RAND RESEARCH, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, PLAINTIFFS, v. ARMAND CIAVATTA, A RESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Somerset County.

Decided February 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Anderson for plaintiffs (Woolson, Guterl, Sutphen and Anderson, attorneys; James M. Rhodes, Jr., of the New York Bar and Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil, Blaustein & Judlowe of counsel).

Charles J. Walsh for defendant (Sills, Beck, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin & Tischman, attorneys).


D'ANNUNZIO, J.S.C.

Defendant is a former employee of plaintiff.1 During his employment he signed a document pursuant to which he agreed to assign to Ingersoll-Rand (hereinafter sometimes referred to as I-R) any devices invented or conceived by him under certain circumstances and during certain specified time periods. The major issues in this case are: (1) whether, under the terms of the agreement, defendant is required to assign to plaintiff...

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