· 7/10/1985
In Re Cordis Corporation
Citations
- 769 F.2d 733
- 226 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 784
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 15050
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “if a rational and substantial legal argument can be made in support of the rule in question, the case is not appropriate for mandamus”
- suggesting that defendant’s employees’ homes, which were used to store the defendant’s “literature, documents and products,” could constitute a “regular and established place of busi- ness”
- refusing to find abuse of discretion in lower court’s finding of acts of infringement based on continuous solicitation coupled with technical consultations and demonstrations
- finding venue proper in district where defendant’s employ- ees stored defendant’s “literature, documents and prod- ucts” in their in-district homes rather than in a separately leased or owned warehouse of the defendant
- The “issue of infringement” is “a question to be determined at trial” and “is not reached on the merits in considering venue requirements.”
- The “issue of infringement” is “a question to be determined at trial” and “is not reached on the merits in considering venue requirements.”
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Judges: Markey, Friedman, Rich
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