Winterbottom v. Casey

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a patent infringement suit, which is now before the court on a motion by plaintiff for leave to amend the bill of complaint, by adding thereto certain allegations ■ of jurisdictional facts absent from the bill as originally filed. Said allegations relate to the venue of the suit. The proper venue in such a *519suit is prescribed by section 48 of the Judicial Code (Comp. St. § 1030), as follows:

“In suits brought for the infringement of letters patent the District Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, in law or in equity, in the district of which the…