on the outside. These sample tubes were delivered by Enfab in December, and in February, 1958, Briggs reported that the tests showed good results for commercial applications but not quite good enough for military specifications. Taylor's contacts with Briggs and Bowser continued through 1958 and 1959 in connection with orders for components of plaintiffs' filters.


9
In July, 1958, Taylor decided on a crash program in an effort to produce a wrapped tube filter separator which would pass military requirements, hired Mr. James Osterman, an industrial engineer experienced in the field, to conduct experiments and tests, obtained good preliminary results, and in August, 1958, organized Filters, Inc., with Osterman as President and sole stockholder, although Taylor was the beneficial owner of all the stock. Taylor purposely and intentionally concealed hisownership of Filters, Inc., through which the successful Taylor filter was manufactured and marketed and accepted for military use. The first military order was obtained in April, 1959.


10
Taylor's reasons, as stated by him, for concealment of his competitive position were to maintain Enfab as a supplier to Bowser and Briggs and to avoid litigation. The deliberate concealment continued through January, 1963. For example, in June, 1959, Taylor told Bowser representatives that he and Enfab were connected with Filters, Inc. only as a supplier, and in a deposition in May, 1961, he averred that he first became "associated with or affiliated with" Filters, Inc. at the end of 1960. The true situation was finally disclosed in Taylor's deposition taken in this action on February 4, 1963, after a long