Ritepoint Co. v. Secretary Pen Co., Inc.

SMITH, District Judge.

This is a civil action for infringement of a patent. The action is before the Court at this time on the motion of the defendant to strike the written interrogatories served upon it by the plaintiff under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 33, 28 U.S. C.A.

The plaintiff filed a complaint in which it charged the defendant with the infringement of a certain patent; the allegations of the complaint are in the usual, general language. The defendant filed an answer in which it denied infringement and stated the usual defenses, to wit, invalidity of the patent, lack of…