MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff Michael Badalamenti obtained a patent for "a traction device for shoes." U.S. Patent No. 4,335,529, issued June 22, 1982 (plaintiff's patent). After obtaining the patent he contacted athletic shoe manufacturers to interest them in making his shoe. None were. Plaintiff also confronted various manufacturers who were, in his opinion, infringing his patent...
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