Legal Opinion

Vetco Offshore Industries, Inc. v. Rucker Co.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided April 10, 1978No. C-75-0070-WWSPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, District Judge.

This is an action by Veteo Offshore Industries (“Veteo”) charging defendant The Rucker Company (“Rucker”) with infringement of the United States Patents Nos. 3,714,995 and Re. (reissue patent) 28,281 covering a drill string motion compensator useful in offshore drilling. Veteo Offshore, Inc., Vetco’s exclusive licensee of the patents in suit, filed a complaint in intervention. Rucker denied infringement in its answer and has asserted counterclaims seeking declaratory relief and damages for unfair…

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