R.H. MURPHY CO., INC. v. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.

No. CIV.A. 98-10774-RGS.

409 F.Supp.2d 53 (2006)

R.H. MURPHY CO., INC. v. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC. v. R.H. Murphy Co., Inc.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Byer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Nicholson Graham LLP, Boston, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Defendant.

Kevin Gannon, Cesari & McKenna, LLP, Boston, for R.H. Murphy Co., Inc, Plaintiff.

Joan M. Griffin, Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP, Boston, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Defendant.

John D. Lanza, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, Boston, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Counter Claimant.

Gerald Levy, Kane, Dalsimer, Sullivan, New York, NY, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Counter Claimant.

James E. Marina, Kane, Dalsimer, Sullivan, New York, NY, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Counter Claimant.

Thomas C. O'Konski, Cesari & McKenna, LLP, Boston, for R.H. Murphy Co., Inc, Counter Defendant.

John H. Pearson, Pearson & Pearson, LLP, Lowell, for R.H. Murphy Co., Inc, Counter Defendant.

Robert E. Rigby, Jr., Beverly, for R.H. Murphy Co., Inc, Plaintiff.

Lawrence R. Robins, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Cambridge, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Counter Claimant.

Frederick L. Whitmer, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, New York, NY, for Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER OF JUDGMENT AFTER A TRIAL WITHOUT JURY

STEARNS, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff R.H. Murphy, Inc. (Murphy) is a New Hampshire corporation with its principal place of business in Amherst, New Hampshire. Defendant Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW) is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Glenview, Illinois. Murphy accuses ITW of patent infringement and defamation...

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