Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Gillette Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 20, 1981No. 80 C 4415PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Paul C. Fisher (“Fisher”) has sued The Gillette Company (“Gillette”), charging that Gillette’s Eraser Mate pen infringes Fisher’s 1969 United States Patent No. 3,425,779 (the “Fisher Patent”) covering a “Pressurized Marking Instrument” (in common parlance, a bail-point pen). Hallmark Cards, Inc. (“Hallmark”), which has been Fisher’s exclusive licensee since 1974, seeks to intervene as a third-party plaintiff against Fisher and as a co-plaintiff with Fisher against Gillette. For the reasons stated in this memorandum opinion and order,…
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