Heerema Marine Contractors v. Santa Fe International Corp.

OPINION

PFAELZER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs instituted this action seeking, in their first claim, a declaratory judgment that United States patents held by defendant are void and that their operation of certain vessels in U.S. territorial waters would not infringe these patents. In their second claim, plaintiffs seek damages for unfair competition, based on an allegedly groundless infringement suit that defendant brought against them in Scotland, and on defendant’s alleged threats to bring further suits of this type against plaintiffs and their customers.

Defendant has moved to dismiss…