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SOUTHWIRE CO. v. ESSEX GROUP, INC.

No. 81 C 3313.

570 F.Supp. 643 (1983)

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ESSEX GROUP, INC., Defendant.

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

September 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Noll, Hill, Van Santen, Steadman, Chiara & Simpson, Chicago, Ill., Victor M. Wigman, Wigman & Cohen, Arlington, Va., for plaintiff.

Sheldon W. Witcoff, Daniel A. Boehnen, Allegretti, Newitt, Witcoff & McAndrews, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.

This case presents a question of considerable practical importance to litigants in patent infringement actions. Defendant Essex Group, Inc. ("Essex") has filed a motion for summary judgment asserting that plaintiff Southwire Company ("Southwire") is estopped from enforcing its patent because of Essex' detrimental reliance on Southwire's non-action. Plaintiff urges that by making this argument, Essex...

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