· 8/28/1964
Ditto, Incorporated v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company v. Ditto, Incorporated
Citations
- 336 F.2d 67
- 142 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 416
- 1964 U.S. App. LEXIS 4417
How courts have described this case
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- prior adjudication in which West German Federal Patent Court found German counterpart patent invalid is not controlling authority
- “The validity question is of greater public importance than the infringement issue and it is usually the better practice to first consider the validity issue.”
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Judges: Van Oosterhout, Ridge, Mehaffy
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