Legal Opinion
Horwitt v. Longines Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 1975No. 70 Civ. 4844PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
Plaintiff — the owner of U. S. Patent No. 183,488 for the design of a watch face devoid of any hour indices save a single dot at the 12 o’clock position — is suing the defendants for patent infringement. The defendants, in turn seek a declaration that plaintiff’s patent is invalid. The action was tried to the court on October 30 and 31, 1974 and decision was reserved pending receipt by the court of the parties’ post-trial memoranda.
There is one procedural matter which must be resolved at the outset. On the eve of trial, plaintiff moved for leave to amend the…
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