White v. E. L. Bruce Co.

LEAHY, District Judge.

Long prior to the institution of suit, at a conference with defendant’s Vice-President and counsel, all details of plaintiffs’ alleged infringing apparatus were voluntarily revealed. Later, defendant charged plaintiffs with infringement of ’585 and ’161. In its counterclaim defendant charges infringement of the additional patent ’253. Plaintiffs deny infringement and attack validity. * The fact that plaintiffs may have used an infringing apparatus for only several days, and while such an infringement may be “inconsequential from the point of view of damages,”…