96 F. Supp. 331 - Drake v. Pycopé, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““Plaintiff objects to interrogatories 8, 9, and 10 on the ground that they call for an opinion, or interpretation of a patent. It is apparent that plaintiff in filing his complaint took full advantage of Rule 8 (a) and merely stated that he is the owner of a certain patent, and that a device of defendant’s infringes claims of his patent. Such a complaint, of course, is proper but as respects information, it merely gives defendant notice that he is being sued, and little else. Some procedure should be made available by which defendant may obtain information necessary to defend properly the lawsuit. Two methods are open to defendant, a motion for more definite statement or the discovery procedure. This court has many times in the past indicated that the proper method is the use of the discovery procedures, and cannot allow discovery by interrogatories to become entangled in a mass of objections, else the defendant will be wholly unable to obtain the necessary information. This is especially true where plaintiff does nothing more in his complaint than give notice of the lawsuit. Objections going to opinion or interpretation of claims therefore must be brushed aside where, as here, the interrogatories are directed to discovery of the exact nature of plaintiff’s claim.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. Electric Products Co. · Trabon Engineering Co. v. Eaton Manufacturing Co.