Ronson Art Metal Works, Inc. v. Brown & Bigelow

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Ronson Art Metal Works, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, and the defendant, Brown & Bigelow, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, are manufacturers and distributors of cigar lighters and together with affiliates are parties to a series of patent litigations. In addition to this action three others are pending in two District Courts of Minnesota, Third and Fourth Divisions. Three patents are involved in the suits, all closely related, one owned by plaintiff, known as the Flamm patent, for Gas Fueled. Cigar Lighters, and two owned by the defendant, known as the Felt…