Transmirra Products Corp. v. Monsanto Chemical Co.

PALMIERI, District Judge.

Defendant having shown good cause therefor, its motion for leave to file an amended answer and counterclaim is granted. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a), 28 U.S. C.A.

Defendant has also moved, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 13(h), for an order making Robert Aronstein, inventor of the patent in suit, a defendant to the counterclaim. The plaintiff, a corporation of which Aronstein and his wife are sole stockholders, has brought this suit by virtue of an alleged assignment of the patent to it by Aronstein. It is clear from the moving papers that Aronstein’s role as inventor of the patent and…