Legal Opinion
Medtronic, Incorporated v. Catalyst Research Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1981No. 81-1748, 81-1917PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Catalyst Research Corporation (CRC) appeals from an order of the district court 1 granting Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic), a preliminary injunction. The injunction prohibits CRC from instituting or prosecuting any action to enjoin Medtronic from manufacturing lithium-iodine batteries or selling pacemakers containing the batteries. The district court issued the preliminary injunction based on its conclusion that CRC’s written agreement (the Agreement) with Medtronic bars CRC from interfering with Medtronic’s production of lithium-iodine batteries. We affirm the grant of the…
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