Ryan Distributing Corporation v. Caley

WELSH, District Judge.

This case concerns the right of the defendants to demand a jury trial of the issues raised by the pleadings. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the defendants’ patent is invalid or not infringed by the plaintiff’s product, and an injunction to restrain defendants from bringing or threatening infringement action against the plaintiff and its customers. Defendants filed an answer and counterclaim alleging the plaintiff’s infringement of the patent in question, and claiming the right to an accounting and damages therefor. Defendants have demanded a jury trial of…