Legal Opinion

Pain Prevention Lab, Inc. v. Electronic Waveform Labs, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided April 3, 1987No. 86 C 1297PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Pain Prevention Lab, Inc. (“PPL”) and defendant Electronic Waveform Labs, Inc. (“EWL”) manufacture and sell competing electronic analgesic devices. PPL brought this action for damages, an injunction and declaratory judgment after joint venture negotiations with EWL broke down. Although EWL threatened to sue first, PPL won the race to the courthouse. In count I of PPL’s complaint, PPL seeks a declaration that its product does not infringe any of EWL’s intellectual property rights. In count II PPL seeks damages for breach of contract. Counts…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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  4. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964

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