Legal Opinion
Vogel v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 23, 1940No. 729PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
The defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint in this case raises a question of venue jurisdiction. The complaint, based on section 63 of Title 35, U.S. C.A., seeks to obtain a patent by an equity proceeding, after final rejection- of the patent claim in the United States Patent Office. Section 63 of Title 35, U.S.C.A., does not specify the particular district court in which the suit may be brought except in the general language of “the court having cognizance thereof”; but there are numerous federal decisions that the applicable venue statute is section 112 of Title…
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