GREAT PLAINS CHEMICAL CO. v. MICRO CHEMICAL, INC.

Civ. A. No. 80-W-63.

549 F.Supp. 1348 (1982)

GREAT PLAINS CHEMICAL CO., INC., a Corporation, Plaintiff, v. MICRO CHEMICAL, INC., a Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

November 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton & Dorr by Robert C. Dorr, Denver, Colo., and Lowe, Kokjer, Kircher, Wharton & Bowman by Carter H. Kokjer, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Max L. Wymer, Denver, Colorado, and Silverman & Silverman by Ely Silverman, Amarillo, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WINNER, Judge.

This case is a monument to the risk of futility in asking a jury to decide a complex patent case. Undeniably, the right to jury trial exists in patent cases, but that right carries with it hazards which here occurred. There is widespread public outcry for the creation of a special court to hear all patent cases because, say the proponents of various plans, district judges don't understand them. Convincing arguments can be...

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