MINNESOTA MIN. & MFG. CO. v. BLUME

No. C-1-76-51.

533 F.Supp. 493 (1978)

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Walter S. BLUME, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Ohio, W. D.

Opinion After Trial August 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Wirthlin, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff.

Charles G. Atkins, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

DAVID S. PORTER, Chief Judge:

This case, which involves patent infringement in the field of magnets and magnetism, demonstrates two noteworthy points. The first is the important role played by magnets and magnetism in our economy. By one estimate, magnets, and magnetism have an economic impact in our economy equivalent to almost 1½% of the Gross National Product (dx 380; Jacobs, The Role of Magnetism in Technology...

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