Legal Opinion
Control Components, Inc. v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided October 28, 1977No. CV 77-2102-FPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FERGUSON, District Judge.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint under Rule 19 (F.R.Civ.P.) was heard on October 17, 1977.
By their motion the defendants seek dismissal of the complaint on the grounds of failure to join an indispensable party under the requirements of Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The defendants contend that the patent upon which the plaintiff’s infringement suit rests is owned by one Richard E. Self and that the plaintiff, as the exclusive licensee of the patent, cannot maintain the present action without joining the patent…
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