Legal Opinion
Safco Products Co. v. Welcom Products, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 3, 2010No. Civil 08-4918 (JRT/JJG)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.
Plaintiff Safco Products Co. alleges that WelCom Products, Inc., Kerry Welsh, John Evanthes, and Yang Jian Shunhe Industrial Co. (collectively, “defendants”), directly infringed, contributorily infringed, and/or induced the infringement of United States Patent No. D522,708. After the parties completed jurisdictional discovery regarding the individual defendants’ contacts with Minnesota and WelCom’s observance of corporate formalities, Welsh and Evanthes filed a motion to dismiss for lack of…
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