LAITRAM CORPORATION v. Deepsouth Packing Co.

RUBIN, District Judge:

Brevity may be wit’s soul but it is no part of patent litigation. This case is proof enough. It involves two patents for use in deveining shrimp. Disregarding scriptural advice, 1 and assisted no doubt by the ease with which dictating machines, electric typewriters, and elec trostatic reproduction processes produce paper work in volume, counsel have favored the court with a total of over 500 pages of briefs and memoranda. They have submitted pre-trial memoranda, trial briefs, post trial briefs, reply memoranda, second reply memoranda and even a reply to a memorandum in…