In Re Disposable Diaper Patent Validity Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

This patent litigation consists of three actions in two different districts concerning the validity and enforceability of the Proctor and Gamble (hereinafter P&G) patent on disposable paper diapers. Both U. S. Industries, Inc. (hereinafter U.S.I.) and Weyerhaeuser Company manufacture and sell disposable paper diapers which P&G has alleged infringes its patent. Weyerhaeuser moves the Panel for an order transferring all actions to a single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. U.S.I. favors transfer only to the Southern District of New York; P&G opposes…