Legal Opinion
Ditto, Incorporated v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v. Ditto, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1964No. 17415, 17419PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company (3M) brought this action for infringement of United States Letters Patent No. 2,740,896 entitled “Method of Using Heat Sensitive Copying Paper” granted 3M upon application of inventor Miller on April 3, 1956, against defendant Ditto, Incorporated. Ditto by answer denied infringement and asserted the invalidity of the patent and by counterclaim sought a declaratory judgment determining the patent to be invalid and void and not infringed. Jurisdiction exists under the patent laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C.A.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Smith v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- John Deere Company of Kansas City, a Corporation, and Deere & Company, a Corporation v. William T. Graham, and Graham Plow, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Parmelee Pharmaceutical Company, and William v. Consolazio v. Lawrence C. Zink, D/B/A Zink Safety Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Bone v. Commissioners of Marion Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Leesona Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Bishop v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1971
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