MAGNAVOX CO. v. APF ELECTRONICS, INC.

Nos. 77 C 3159, 78 C 4951 and 78 C 5041.

496 F.Supp. 29 (1980)

The MAGNAVOX COMPANY, a corporation, and Sanders Associates, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. APF ELECTRONICS, INC., a corporation, Unisonic Products Corp., a corporation, Executive Games, Inc., a corporation, Taito America Corporation, a corporation, Universal Research Laboratories, Incorporated, a corporation, Control Sales, Inc., a corporation, Venture Electronic International Ltd., a corporation, Jewel Companies, Inc., a corporation, Osco Drug, Inc., a corporation, Turn-Style, Inc., a corporation, Bennett Brothers, Inc., a corporation, and Jay-Kay Distributors, Inc., a corporation, Defendants. The MAGNAVOX COMPANY, a corporation, and Sanders Associates, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. BALLY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, a corporation, and Midway Manufacturing Co., a corporation, Defendants. The MAGNAVOX COMPANY, a corporation, and Sanders Associates, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, a corporation, Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, a corporation, and Sears, Roebuck & Co., a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

May 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm M. Gaynor, Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, Howard S. Golden, Robbins, Coe, Rubinstein & Shafran, Marshall A. Burmeister, Burmeister, York, Palmatier, Hamby & Jones, Louis M. Rundio, Jr., McDermott, Will & Emery, Maurice P. Raizes, Robert Sternberg, Cohon, Raizes & Regal, Chicago, Ill., for defendants in No. 77 C 3159.

Theodore W. Anderson, James T. Williams, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Donald L. Welsh, A. Sidney Katz, William K. Konrad, Fitch, Even & Tabin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants in No. 78 C 4951.

John H. Moore, Robert M. Ward, Granger Cook, Jr., Cook, Wetzel & Egan, Alan Brothers, Chicago, Ill., Gerald P. Grace, Oak Park, Ill., for defendants in No. 78 C 5041.

Charles F. Pigott, Jr., George H. Gerstman, Chicago, Ill., for defendants in Nos. 77 C 3159 and 78 C 5041.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CROWLEY, District Judge.

Currently pending before the Court are three patent infringement actions, 77 C 3159, 78 C 4951 and 78 C 5041, involving United States Letters Patent 3,659,284 and Re. 28,507. In each of the actions, plaintiffs are The Magnavox Company (Magnavox) and its licensor, Sanders Associates, Inc. (Sanders). Defendants are fourteen corporations. Jurisdiction is invoked...

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