CONSOLIDATED WORLD HOUSEWARES, INC. v. FINKLE

No. 87-1278.

831 F.2d 261 (1987)

CONSOLIDATED WORLD HOUSEWARES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald A. FINKLE, Jack D. Bankier, Kenneth J. Muderlak, and Bankier Companies, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Davis, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, Ill., argued, for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief, were Stanley J. Adelman and Mark I. Feldman.

Timothy J. McGonegle, Ashcraft & Ashcraft, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., argued, for defendant-appellee Finkle. Peter J. Miller, Ashcraft & Ashcraft, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Dennis A. Gross, Hill, Van Santen, Steadman & Simpson, Chicago, Ill., argued, for defendant-appellee Bankier.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and BISSELL, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Because this court lacks jurisdiction, we transfer this appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 28 U.S.C. § 1631 (1982).

Background

On 13 September 1985, Consolidated World Housewares, Inc. (CH) entered a contract, called a "Property Transfer Agreement", with Gerald A. Finkle (Finkle). That contract recited that (1) Finkle is the sole inventor of an invention (the invention...

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