FFOC Co. v. Invent A.G.

OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

This declaratory action involves a patent assignment and ownership dispute by .one partner, Lynn Ledford (“Ledford”), a Michigan resident, against two of his three original partners, Defendants Jorg von Schwabe (“von Schwabe”), a resident of Hamburg, Germany, and Jurik Kulakowski (“Kulakow-ski”), a German domiciliary. The fourth partner, who is not named in the lawsuit, is Zygmet Stepien (“Stepien”), an Indiana resident. As a result of their dispute, Plaintiffs Ledford and his company, FFOC Company (“FFOC”) commenced this action against Defendants von Schwabe…