Legal Opinion
Industrial Research Corp. v. General Motors Corporation
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided June 16, 1928No. 888PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILLITS, District Judge.
This case is before us upon motions to quash service, offered separately by each of the defendants except the General Motors Truck Company, which has answered. The issue involves consideration of section 48, Judicial Code (section 109, title 28 USCA), which reads:
“In suits brought for the infringement of letters patent the District Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, in law or in equity, in the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in any district in which the defendant, whether a person, partnership, or corporation, shall have committed…
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