Grip Nut Co. v. Sharp

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “He did not expressly contract as a part of his duties to design new tires; but if he did so agree in substance, and was more than a mere employee, having the main responsibility to make the business successful, then he should be compelled to assign the patent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Graham v. Rockman
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-12-26· cited 54×
• Walling v. Rutherford Food Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1946-07-18· cited 26×
• Widney v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1950-01-26· cited 19×
• Mimica v. Area Interstate Trucking, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-07-30· cited 14×
• Holcomb Health Care Services, LLC v. Quart Limited, LLC (In Re Holcomb Health Care Services, LLC)
  M.D. Tennessee· 2004-12-30· cited 12×
• Access Cardiosystems, Inc. v. Fincke (In Re Acces Cardiosystems, Inc.)
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-03-31· cited 12×
• Kennedy v. Wright
  C.D. Illinois· 1988-01-11· cited 11×
• Great Lakes Press Corp. v. Froom
  W.D. New York· 1987-12-18· cited 10×
• National Waste Co., Inc. v. Spring Packing Corp
  Seventh Circuit· 1953-03-09· cited 6×
• Wiles v. Union Wire Rope Corporation
  W.D. Missouri· 1955-10-03· cited 6×
• Rose v. Ruan Transport Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1954-08-31· cited 4×
• Stonecraft, LLC v. Slagter (In Re Stonecraft, LLC)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2005-03-07· cited 3×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp
  Supreme Court· 1933-04-10· cited 236×
• Corthell v. Summit Thread Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1933-06-26· cited 66×
• Davis v. Hamlin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1883-11-20· cited 65×
• Neagle v. McMullen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1929-02-20· cited 56×
• Parev Products Co. v. I. Rokeach & Sons, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1941-12-24· cited 31×
• National Wire Bound Box Co. v. Healy
  Seventh Circuit· 1911-01-10· cited 17×
• Pure Oil Co. v. Hyman
  Seventh Circuit· 1938-01-29· cited 3×
• Frohlich v. Seacord
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1899-06-17· cited 2×