DORR-OLIVER INC. v. FLUID-QUIP, INC.

No. 93 C 0842.

894 F.Supp. 1190 (1995)

DORR-OLIVER INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. FLUID-QUIP, INC., Andrew Franko, and Pic Tek, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Terry Rifkin, Mary Spaulding Burns, Rockey, Rifkin and Ryther, Chicago, IL, John P. Luther, Andrew L. Tiajoloff, Alfred H. Hemingway, Jr., Edward P. Kelly, John E. Lynch, Felfe & Lynch, New York City, for Dorr-Oliver Inc.

Thomas W. Flynn, Thomas & Buckley, Chicago, IL, Bruce E. Peacock, Thomas W. Flynn, Matthew R. Jenkins, Biebel & French, Dayton, OH, Patricia Susan Smart, John Bostjancich, Smart & Bostjancich, Chicago, IL, for Fluid-Quip Inc., Andrew Franko, Pic Tek Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

I. Introduction1

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

This is a case about corn, clams, copying and confusion. The story begins decades ago, when plaintiff Dorr-Oliver Incorporated ("Dorr-Oliver")2 invented a new way to process corn using centrifugal force. Prior to these inventions, the corn wet milling industry separated the...

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