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· 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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