OLIVER v. FLOW INTERN. CORP.

No. 57382-9-I.

155 P.3d 140 (2006)

Michael Andrew OLIVER, doing business as Hydrogear, a sole proprietorship, Appellant, v. FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered April 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker C. Folse III, Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, Bert P. Noojin, Attorney at Law, Mobile, AL, David A. Bagwell, Attorney at Law, Fairhope, AL, for Appellant.

David Thomas McDonald, David Andrew Linehan, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 Michael Oliver signed a fully integrated contract giving Flow International Corporation all of the rights to his invention in exchange for at least $150,000 and the possibility of royalties. Three years later, Flow had not sold the invention and consequently there were no royalties. Oliver sued for breach of contract on the ground that Flow's efforts to patent, manufacture, and market the invention were inadequate. The trial

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