DOIRON v. CASTONGUAY.


401 Mass. 705 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 260

GERALD DOIRON vs. FRANCIS E. CASTONGUAY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

February 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Cranston for the defendant.

Richard N. Rougeau (William F. Butler, III, with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff, Doiron, invented and obtained a patent on a fly-tying vise which could accommodate a variety of hooks used by fly fishermen. In the later part of 1980, Doiron agreed with the defendant, Castonguay, that they would combine their efforts. Castonguay, who owned a machine shop in Barre, would manufacture the vises, and Doiron, who lived on Cape Cod and already had orders for approximately 240 vises, would market them. Castonguay would produce...

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