Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Permacel-Le Page's Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 30, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 57 C 1888PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, District Judge.
This is another action in what has been called “this apparently interminable multi-facet litigation”1 involving the Oace et al reissue patent No. 23,843 2.
The subject matter of the patent is a stretchable and retractable pressure-sensitive vinyl plastic adhesive tape of high dielectric strength. These qualities make it an excellent insulator which stays tightly and snugly wrapped around splices and wires and which enjoys wide use and commercial success.
The original Oace et al. application was filed January 12, 1946, and issued as patent No. 2,559,990 on July 10, 1951. On…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, a Corporation v. Superior Insulating Tape Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Merrill v. Builders Ornamental Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Sears, Roebuck and Company and the Plymouth Rubber Company, Inc. v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Elie P. Aghnides and Chase Brass and Copper Company, Inc. v. Orloff W. Holden and Marguerite Holden, Doing Business as Knickerbocker Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- American Photocopy Equipment Co. v. Rovico, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1966
- Richard T. Keating v. Stearnes Imperial Co., an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp. v. Nordson CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Shumaker v. Groboski Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1964