Legal Opinion
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. v. Dickinson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 15, 2000No. 00 C 1326PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has brought suit against Q. Todd Dick inson, Under Secretary of Commerce for the Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a), to appeal his denial of plaintiffs repeated attempts to have plaintiffs patent reinstated. Both parties have filed motions for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants summary judgment for defendant.
FACTS 1
On September 8, 1981, a patent application entitled “Apparatus for…
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