Ion Beam Applications S.A. v. Titan Corp.

ORDER AND OPINION

FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case seek a declaratory judgment of invalidity and nonin-fringement regarding the defendants’ patent, No. 5,396,074 for “Irradiation System Utilizing Conveyor Transformed Article Carriers” (issued March 7, 1995), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition. The complaint in this case was filed on January 6, 2000, in Alexandria, Virginia. 1 The primary plaintiff, Ion Beam Applications (IBA), is a Belgium corporation with its primary place of business in Belgium. The plaintiffs, Griffith Micro Science International,…