Legal Opinion
Porous Media Corporation v. Pall Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1997No. 96-1552PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Porous Media Corporation (Porous) and Pall Corporation (Pall) are manufacturers of industrial filters. They produce competing products for certain applications in various industries, including the oil and natural gas markets (oil/gas markets) and the paper and power generation markets (paper/power markets).
Porous claims that in 1985 and 1986 it began penetrating the market for filters in the paper/power markets and the oil/gas markets. Porous contends that Pall then began a concerted effort to disparage Porous’s products and make false comparisons of Pall’s products and…
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