Legal Opinion
Rock Bit International, Inc. v. Smith International, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 6, 1997No. 1:96-cv-00660PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
COBB, District Judge.
Rock Bit International, Inc., alleges it is a small company in Fort Worth, Texas, with a patent (or patents) upon which Smith International, Inc., a large, global corporation, has repeatedly infringed in various locations in East Texas. Plaintiff, Rock Bit, does not allege any acts of infringements occurred in the Beaumont Division of the Eastern District of Texas.
Smith has offices in various Texas towns in the Eastern District, including Tyler, as does Rock Bit. Neither has an office or place of business within the Beaumont Division. Smith’s principal…
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