THOMAS v. WEBSTER SPRING CO.

No. 93-P-80.

37 Mass. App. Ct. 180 (1994)

638 N.E.2d 51

KENNETH H. THOMAS vs. WEBSTER SPRING COMPANY, INC., & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

August 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan O. Vorster for the defendants.

Frank C. Morgan for the plaintiff.

Present: KASS, FINE, & GREENBERG, JJ.


KASS, J.

Kenneth H. Thomas, the plaintiff, invented a novel bedding spring and on June 12, 1987, executed a printed form titled "Assignment," whereby he assigned to his employer, Webster Spring Company, Inc. (Webster), "for good and valuable consideration" all rights to his invention and to an application for letters patent to that invention. The signature block to the instrument of assignment recited that the signatory had set his "hand and seal," i.e., it was a...

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