Legal Opinion
3M Innovative Properties Co. v. Dupont Dow Elastomers LLC
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 8, 2005No. CIV. 03-3364MJDJGLPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
DAVIS, District Judge.
I.INTRODUCTION
This case involves claims for patent infringement, false advertising, and deceptive trade practices involving, broadly speaking, polymer processing techniques. 1 More specifically, the patented invention comprises the use of a multimodal fluoro-polymer as a polymer processing additive thereby improving the melt processability of thermoplastic polymers, and in turn, the manufacturing efficiency of plastic items. U.S. Patent No. 6,277,919, C. 2, 1. 64-C. 3, I. 10; C. 4, 11. 13-22. The case is before the Court on the parties’ Motions for…
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