Case: Patents/Procedure (E.D.N.Y.)

The parties’ stipulation to the amount of damages electron wiring device producer Leviton Manufacturing Co. is owed in this patent infringement case doesn’t vitiate Leviton’s right to a jury trial, a federal district court in New York rules, denying Pass & Seymour Inc.'s motion to strike the jury demand. Leviton, which claims that Pass & Seymour infringed its patent for a ground-fault circuit interrupter, can’t be deprived of the right to a jury trial merely because Pass & Seymour chose to argue in the form of a counterclaim for declaratory judgment, according to the court. In this case, the court ...