1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 675 F.Supp.
  5. 675 F.Supp. 877 (1987)
 

FREEMAN v. MINNESOTA MIN. AND MFG. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 84-577 CMW, 85-46 CMW.

675 F.Supp. 877 (1987)

Dr. Jerre M. FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant. Dr. Jerre M. FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. COOPERVISION, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Bove and Collins J. Seitz, Jr. of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del. of counsel: Bradford E. Kile of Washington, D.C. and James E. Cockfield of Lahive & Cockfield, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr. and David B. Brown of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del. of counsel: Walter N. Kirn, Patent Counsel for 3M in St. Paul, Minn., and John Gould of Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant, in C.A. 84-577.

Donald F. Parsons, Jr. of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del. of counsel: Thomas R. Boland and Ellen A. Efros of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Washington, D.C. for defendant, in C.A. 85-46.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

This action arises out of separate patent infringement suits filed by Dr. Jerre Freeman against CooperVision, Inc. ("CooperVision") and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company ("3M") for infringement of Freeman's patent relating to intraocular lenses. The suits were consolidated for the purposes of discovery and trial on the issues of validity, scope of the claims, infringement, and enforceability because...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases