ARTRIP v. BALL CORPORATION

Case No. 1:14CV00014.

JERRY ARTRIP, Plaintiff, v. BALL CORPORATION, ET AL., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

December 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Christopher Swift, Swift & Swift, Attorneys at Law, P.L.L.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Plaintiff.

John D. Luken , Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh , and Emily S. Meyer , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Howard C. McElroy , McElroy, Hodges & Caldwell, Abingdon, Virginia, for Defendant Ball Corporation.

Mark M. Supko and Michael H. Jacobs , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Alcoa Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.

In this patent infringement case, I find that it is likely that the doctrine of laches bars the plaintiff's claims.Before making that determination, however, I will allow the parties an opportunity to respond.

The plaintiff, Jerry Artrip, contends in his Amended Complaint in this case that the defendants, Ball Corporation and Alcoa, Inc. ("Alcoa"), have infringed (or, in the case of Alcoa, contributorily...

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