Legal Opinion
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Grip-Pak, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 4, 1989No. 89 C 5274PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”) filed suit in this court on June 30, 1989, claiming that Grip-Pak, Inc. has infringed on two of its patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 3,733,100 (hereafter the “100 Patent”; one representation of it appears as Exhibit A to this opinion), and 4,219,117 (hereafter the “117 Patent”; a drawing of it appears as Exhibit B). Each patent describes a plastic device for carrying beverage containers. The sole licensee of these patents is Owens-Illinois, Inc. Grip-Pak manufactures and sells its own carrier, shown in Exhibit C.…
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