Nicholson v. Carl W. Mullis Engineering & Manufacturing Co.

WYCHE, District Judge.

This is an action filed by Thomas W. Nicholson as plaintiff against Mullís Engineering and Manufacturing Company, Inc. as defendant, in which the plaintiff alleges infringement of two patents Nos. 2,802,495 and 2,802,496, both owned by the plaintiff Nicholson, by the manufacture, use and sale of certain log debarking machines. The defendant as exclusive licensee counterclaimed for infringement of patent No. 2,908,302, owned by Carl W. Mullís, Sr., its president, who intervened herein, charging infringement of such patent by the manufacture, use and sale of certain other…