Koratron Co., Inc. v. Lion Uniform, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge.

This suit for patent infringement was brought by plaintiff Koratron Company, Inc. (Koratron), against defendant Lion Uniform, Inc. (Lion). Lion raised a number of defenses, including the invalidity, limited scope, and misuse of the Koratron patent. This case is now in the second stage in a bifurcated proceeding involving exceedingly complex patent and antitrust questions.

Seventeen actions were consolidated for pretrial proceedings by order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Sixteen of the actions, including the instant case, were…