Clayton v. Swift & Company

WARLICK, District Judge.

This is a typical patent infringement case, laid in the Charlotte Division of the Western District of North Carolina, under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) “Any civil action for patent infringement may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides, or where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.” The complaint alleges that plaintiff now owns through a valid assignment and has sole control as such over letters patent No. 2,247,359, duly issued under the patent laws of the United States. That defendant…