Chandler v. STERN DENTAL LABORATORY COMPANY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.

In this action plaintiffs, as holders of a patent on a teeth protector, the Featherbite, seek to recover damages allegedly resulting from violations of the antitrust laws and patent laws by the defendants. The defendants include, among others, the original licensee of the patent (Harold L. Stern), its assignee (Featherlax Corp.), the principal directors, officers, and agents of the assignee corporation; the packager of plaintiffs’ teeth protector, and a competitor (Custom Made, Inc.). There is no diversity of citizenship between the parties…