Montecatini Edison S. P. A. v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULLAM, District Judge.

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 24, the appellee, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. (hereinafter “du Pont”), invoking Fed. R.Civ.P. 34, obtained an order of the court below directing the appellant, Montecatini Edison S.p.A. (hereinafter “Montecatini”), to produce certain documents for use in connection with á patent interference proceeding. The motion covered some 59 categories of documents, but only eight categories are involved in this appeal from the production order.

The appellant, Montecatini, had itself previously obtained similar discovery in various…