Miracle Boot Puller Co. v. Plastray Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• in the absence of a patent, “an inventor has no common-law right to a monopoly of his invention. He has the right to make, use, and vend his own invention, but if he voluntarily discloses it, such as by offering it for sale, the world is free to copy and use it with impunity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kremen v. Cohen
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-01-22· cited 100×
• Grimes v. Haslett
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-03-12· cited 48×
• Brass Metal Products, Inc. v. E-J Enterprises Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-11-30· cited 43×
• Chavez v. Kincaid
  D. New Mexico· 1998-05-14· cited 43×
• Matomco Oil Co. v. Arctic Mechanical, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 11×
• JACOBS WIND ELEC. v. Dept. of Transp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-09-30· cited 11×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Warren Tool Co. v. Stephenson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1968-04-26· cited 82×
• Allen v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-05-27· cited 62×
• Allen v. Duffie
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1880-02-11· cited 51×
• American Insurance v. Martinek
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1921-12-21· cited 22×
• A & C ENGINEERING CO. v. Atherholt
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1959-04-13· cited 21×
• Pierce v. Underwood
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1897-03-23· cited 19×
• Utah-Nevada Co. v. De Lamar
  Ninth Circuit· 1904-10-03· cited 19×
• Tuuk v. Andersen
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1969-12-10· cited 18×
• American Harley Corp. v. Irvin Industries, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1970-10-08· cited 16×
• Miracle Boot Puller Co. v. Plastray Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-01-07· cited 14×
• Damon v. DeBar
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1893-02-10· cited 13×
• Rock v. Derrick
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-03-05· cited 8×
• Terrill v. Michigan United Traction Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1921-06-06· cited 6×