William Gluckin & Co., Inc. v. International Playtex Corporation

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• special circumstances warranted departure from first-filed rule even though facts did not fit neatly into an established exception to the rule
• New York, the site of the declaratory judgment action, was more convenient for all the parties, including the customer Woolworth
• first-filed suit brought against a customer of an alleged patent infringer, while the second suit involved the infringer himself
• New York, the site of the declaratory judgment action, was more convenient for all the parties, including the customer Wool worth
• Woolworth was a mere customer of brassieres manufactured by Playtex
• an \inflexible\ approach is to be avoided

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