Legal Opinion
In re Willingham Patent
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided January 20, 1971No. 60PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
John R. Willingham has commenced three actions in two districts to recover for injuries alleged to result from the failure of others to honor patents on certain of his inventions. The principal defendants named by Willingham in all three actions are Star Cutter Co., a tool manufacturer to which Willingham alleges he assigned his patents, and Ford Motor Co., a purchaser of allegedly infringing tools.
The first action was filed in 1967 in the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan and assigned to Judge Stephen J. Roth. It alleges claims of patent infringement,…
3Cases cited1 opinion
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