Drake v. Pycopé, Inc.

JONES, Chief Judge.

This is a patent infringement action before the court on plaintiff’s objections to certain interrogatories.

Defendant’s interrogatories 5 and 6 seek information concerning licenses issued by plaintiff which cover the patent in suit. Plaintiff objects on the grounds of irrelevancy and adds the oft used charge of “fishing expedition” to support his objection. While at present, I do not see how such information is relevant, it does appear from defendant’s brief that such information will lead to discovery of relevant evidence. This is all that is required by Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.…