SHERIFF v. FULLERTON

No. 24489.

924 P.2d 702 (1996)

SHERIFF, WASHOE COUNTY, Nevada, Appellant, v. Robert Lee FULLERTON and Corinne F. Bennett, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, and Grenville Thomas Pridham, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Appellant.

C. Frederick Pinkerton, Reno, for Respondents.

Joseph C. Long, Norman, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.


Opinion

ROSE, Justice:

This case revolves around a patented invention known as a "zip nut" and the efforts to exploit its obvious potential. More particularly, the issues on appeal relate to the efforts of respondent Robert Lee Fullerton ("Fullerton"), the inventor of the device to whom the patent was issued, and respondent Corinne F. Bennett ("Bennett"), to solicit investors for the production and marketing of

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