ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS v. METRO MARK PRODUCTS, LTD.

No. 98 C 4244.

43 F.Supp.2d 951 (1999)

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC., Plaintiff, v. METRO MARK PRODUCTS, LTD., et al., Defendants.

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

April 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Scavone, Robert Anthony Vitale, Jr., Arthur Anthony Gasey, Sally Wiggins, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., plaintiff.

Bruce G. Thill, Patrick John Gorman, Thill, Favaro, Buzek & Gorman, Ltd., Palatine, IL, Elizabeth Hubbard, John C. O'Connor, Danielle Lisa Weiss, Hubbard & O'Connor, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Patrick J. Sherlock, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Metro-Mark Products, Ltd., defendant.

Elizabeth Hubbard, John C. O'Connor, Danielle Lisa Weiss, Hubbard & O'Connor, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Metro-Mark Products, Roger E. Murbach, defendants.

Bruce G. Thill, Patrick John Gorman, Thill, Favaro, Buzek & Gorman, Ltd., Palatine, IL, Patrick J. Sherlock, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, for Horizon Marking Systems, Inc., Thomas C. Heinzel, Mark R. Pavliny, defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHENKIER, United States Magistrate Judge.

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