BANKS v. UNISYS CORP.

No. 00-1030.

228 F.3d 1357 (2000)

Gerald BANKS and Kelly Banks, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNISYS CORPORATION and Burroughs Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: September 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Wellman, Blaske & Blaske, P.L.C., of Ann Arbor, Michigan, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. On the brief was Thomas H. Blaske, Blaske & Blaske, P.L.C. Of counsel was Carol A. Elliott, Seeligson, Jordan, DeLoof & Hopper, of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jeffrey A. Sadowski, Howard & Howard, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, argued for defendants-appellees.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


MAYER, Chief Judge.

Gerald Banks appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, holding on summary judgment that there was an implied-in-fact contract to assign inventive rights from Banks to Unisys Corporation and Burroughs Corporation (together, "Unisys"). See Banks v. Unisys Corp., No. 96-CV-70869 (E.D. Mich. June 3, 1999). Because the district court erred by concluding that Banks failed to raise a genuine...

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