Valmet Paper MacHinery, Inc. v. Beloit Corp.

ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is an action for patent infringement, presently before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The basis of defendant’s motion is a claim that plaintiffs lacked standing to institute or maintain this action. For the reasons expressed below, defendant’s motion will be denied. 1

FACTS

The facts relevant to defendant’s motion are not in dispute. United States Patent No. 3,868,780 (“ ’780 patent”) issued on March 4, 1975 to Valmet Oy, a Finnish corporation that had been…