District Court, S.D. New York July 5, 1990, 87 Civ. 6748 (TPG) (Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. Renishaw PLC)

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OPINION

GRIESA, District Judge.

These are two consolidated actions involving claims of patent invalidity and patent infringement. In the first action Carl Zeiss Stiftung, a West German company, sues Renishaw pic, a British company. In the second action Renishaw is suing Zeiss Stiftung as well as Carl Zeiss, Inc., a United States subsidiary.