Aghnides v. FW Woolworth Company

NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

To one not overly familiar with the mysteries of patent law, the trial of a patent infringement suit must be a baffling ritual indeed. More often than not, the evidence — testimonial, documentary, and demonstrative — is so voluminous • that it could fill a bottomless pit. Indeed, this Court has frequently, in a jocular vein, accused patent counsel of throwing everything into a case, including the kitchen sink. Sure enough, a case has finally come along in which counsel have thrown in a real, functioning kitchen sink, complete with its own self-contained three gallon…