Legal Opinion
Mendenhall v. Barber-Greene Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 20, 1982No. 80 C 6747PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
In this patent infringement action defendant Barber-Greene Company (“Barber-Greene”) seeks an order under Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 37(a) requiring production of four letters in the possession of plaintiff Robert Mendenhall (“Mendenhall”) or his lawyer Jerry R. Seiler (“Seiler”). 1 Its motion poses questions whether:(1) three communications from Seiler on Mendenhall’s behalf to foreign patent agents (not themselves lawyers) processing Mendenhall’s foreign patent applications are privileged; and(2) as to all four letters, whether Mendenhall has…
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