KOCKUM INDUSTRIES, INC. v. BRUNETTE MACHINE WORKS LTD.

No. 24105.

442 F.2d 420 (1971)

KOCKUM INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRUNETTE MACHINE WORKS LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Cross, Jr. (argued), Richard W. Seed, of Seed, Berry & Dowrey, Seattle, Wash., Kenneth S. Klarquist, of Buckhorn, Blore, Klarquist & Sparkman, Portland, Or., for appellant.

J. Pierre Kolisch (argued), Jon M. Dickinson, of Kolisch & Hartwell, Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The appellant brought a patent infringement action in the United States District Court in Oregon against the appellee, a corporation whose principal place of business is in British Columbia, where it was formed. The appellee successfully moved for dismissal of the action on the ground of improper venue, and this appeal followed.

The court below presumably agreed with the appellee that the governing statute is 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), which provides...

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