Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Technical Tape Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 5, 1961No. 54 C 1116PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff charges defendants with infringement of its Reissue Patent No. 23,843 pertaining to insulating tape. The chronology1 of the patents and pleadings and the history of related litigation 2 are outlined below.
The patent concerns a single strip3 of stable, pressure-sensitive, highly stretchable and retractable insulating tape used by electricians. It is in roll form and when unwound does not delamin*755ate.4 The film backing5 has the advantage of being stretchable by simple hand pulling6 from SO to 100% at room temperature, and then being retractable. This feature…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by7 opinions
- William T. Miracle v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Richard A. Ash, on Behalf of Himself, and on Behalf of Bethelehem Steel Corporation v. Stewart S. Cort, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation, NominalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Sid Richardson Carbon & GasoLine Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1968
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Permacel-Le Page's Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1963
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Technical Tape Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962
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