Legal Opinion
Datascope Corp. v. SMEC, INC.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 21, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-3948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLARKSON S. FISHER, Chief Judge.
This is a motion brought by defendant SMEC, Inc., to dismiss this action for improper venue or, in the alternative, to transfer the case to the Middle District of Tennessee. The original complaint was filed on December 23, 1981, and it alleged infringement by defendant of U.S. Letters Patent No. 4,261,339 (’339 patent). On May 4, 1982, U.S. Letters Patent No. 4,327,709 (’709 patent) was issued to plaintiff for a medical device closely related to the device covered in the earlier patent. Thereafter, plaintiff sought to amend its complaint to include a…
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