Legal Opinion
Paper Converting MacH. Co., Inc. v. FMC Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 18, 1977No. 59-C-152PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This action was commenced on July 24, 1959, by Paper Converting Machine Company, Inc. (PCMC), against Hudson-Sharp Machine Company, alleging that that defendant was infringing United States Patent No. 2,870,840. This patent related to perforators, or paper converting machines, used to perforate paper into tearable toilet paper rolls. Hudson-Sharp Machine Company was subsequently merged with Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC), the instant defendant.
On June 5,1967, after a court trial, Judge Robert E. Tehan decided the…
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