Burndy Corp. v. U. S. Components, Inc.

CROAKE, District Judge.

This is a patent infringement action.

Defendant objects to interrogatories numbered 15,16 and 17 of a group of interrogatories propounded by plaintiff on the grounds that these interrogatories deal with information relevant to questions of damages which are premature at this stage in the litigation. Plaintiff urges that the information requested is relevant to the issue of commercial success of the patent invention and should be supplied, even though it also relates to damages. In view of the established authorities, defendant’s objections to the interrogatories on these…