Watts Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. United-Carr Fastener Corp.

McLELLAN, District Judge.

The following statement may be taken, transcribed and filed with the papers in the case:

The complaint avers the existence of an actual controversy between the plaintiff and the defendant. A judgment declaring that the plaintiff’s products infringe no valid claims of the defendant’s patent is sought.

It is stated that the actual controversy “is solely a question of whether or not the lamp sockets made and sold and offered for sale by the petitioner (plaintiff) infringe” the defendant’s patent and whether the patent is valid. According to the complaint, the defendant has…