SHAPIRO v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Civ. No. 71-1329-M.

359 F.Supp. 350 (1973)

Nelson H. SHAPIRO and Richard G. Board v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

May 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Rines, Boston, Mass., and Melvin J. Sykes, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Norman P. Ramsey and David F. Albright and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for defendant Ford Motor Co.


JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.

Memorandum Opinion

In count 3 of the complaint in this case, plaintiffs have alleged, among other things, infringement by Ford Motor Company (hereinafter sometimes termed Ford) of United States Letters Patent No. 3,425,645. Defendant Ford has moved to dismiss count 3 on the ground of improper venue.

The applicable venue statute, 28 U.S. C. § 1400(b), provides as follows:

"Any civil action...

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