Leybold-Heraeus Technologies, Inc. v. Midwest Instrument Co.

MAGISTRATE’S RECOMMENDATION TO THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. CURRAN

RE: PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS

ROBERT L. BITTNER, United States Magistrate.

The parties will be referred to herein by the acronyms set forth behind each of their names in the above caption.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This is a patent infringement case relating to U.S. Patent No. 3,967,505 (“the ’505 Patent”) issued by the United States Patent Office to LHT on July 6, 1976 covering a device used to sample the hydrogen content of molten steel. Mineo defends this action, claiming the ’505 Patent is invalid, non-infringed and unenforceable, and was…