Legal Opinion

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. v. Sundstrand Data Control Inc.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided March 24, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-545-JRRPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROTH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Safe Flight Instrument Corporation (Safe Flight) claims defendant Sundst-rand Data Control (Sundstrand) has been and still is infringing Safe Flight’s patents for wind shear detection systems. At this early stage of the litigation, Sundstrand moves this Court to enter a protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7) to govern discovery. Safe Flight contests the motion. At issue is not what confidential materials are to be disclosed but rather to whom such disclosures will be made. While Sundstrand would (under appropriate…

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