Legal Opinion
Sweetheart Plastics, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 20, 1968No. Nos. 67 C 888, 66 C 1609PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DECKER, District Judge.
These are two eases involving the validity of Illinois Tool Works’ patents Numbers 3,091,360 and 3,139,312 and the question of whether Sweetheart Cup Corporation, Maryland Cup Corporation, and Sweetheart Plastics, Inc., are infringers of these patents. Presently pending for decisions are motions related to the rather unusual procedural situation which has brought these two related cases to this court.
The procedural developments which led to the filing of the motions now pending are as follows: On August 15, 1966, Sweetheart Plastics, Inc., filed a…
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