Up-Right, Inc. v. Aluminum Safety Products, Inc.

NORDBYE, Chief Judge.

On December 18, 1957, Up-right, Inc., a California corporation, and Wallace J. S. Johnson, a resident of California, filed suit in this District for patent infringement against defendant, a Pennsylvania corporation. The patent allegedly infringed is one for aluminum scaffolding. Service was obtained upon one Wayne K. Brush, a Minnesota resident, and “regional sales manager for defendant.” The venue is governed by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1400(b), which provides that

“Any civil action for patent infringement may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides, or where…