Legal Opinion
Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided April 8, 1994No. 90-70987PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROSEN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin, is taken aside at his graduation party by a friend of his parents, and, with his arm around young Benjamin’s shoulder, this family friend tells Benjamin that he has just one word of advice for Benjamin to guide his future: “Plastics.” It is unclear in the movie if Benjamin ever got the message. (In the short term, he seemed to have been distracted into other pursuits involving another parental friend, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and her daughter, Elaine (Katherine…
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Transmatic, Inc., Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Gulton Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Atd Corporation v. Lydall, Inc., Defendant/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
- Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Lear Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010
- TM Patents, L.P. v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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