TYCOM CORPORATION v. REDACTRON CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 74-65.

380 F.Supp. 1183 (1974)

TYCOM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. REDACTRON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and Sperry Rand Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Anderson of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., and Joseph L. Strabala of Phillips, Moore, Weissenberger, Lempio & Strabala, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for Tycom Corp.

Douglas E. Whitney of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., and Alan K. Roberts of Posnack, Roberts & Cohen, Camil P. Spiecens of Hane, Baxley & Spiecens, and Bressler, Meislin, Tauber & Lipsitz, New York City, of counsel, for Redactron Corp.

Arthur G. Connolly, Jr. of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., and George P. Williams, III, and James D. Fornari of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., and David K. Anderson, Leonard E. Dimare and Marshall M. Truex of Sperry Rand Corp., Blue Bell, Pa., of counsel, for Sperry Rand Corp.


OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Defendant Redactron Corporation ("Redactron") has moved to dismiss this action pursuant to Rules 12(b), 17 and 19(a), F.R.Civ.P., on the ground that the plaintiff Tycom Corporation ("Tycom"), although charging the defendants with patent infringement, has failed to join an indispensable party, namely the patent owner.1

Tycom charges, inter alia, infringement by both Redactron and Sperry Rand...

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