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Representative Matters

SELECTED LITIGATION ACTIVITIES (Clients underlined; ** Primary trial or appellate responsibility)


**Ermanco Inc. v. Metzger Conveyor Co. (W.D. Mich.)
**Conagra v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co. (D. Neb., 8th Cir.)
Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, a Trustee for the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung v. Northern Petrochemical Co. (N.D. Ill.)
Del Monte Corp. v. General Foods Corp. et al. (N.D. Cal.)
**Bowthorpe-Hellerman Limited v. All States Plastic Manufacturing Co., Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
Herman Miller, Inc. v. M. R. Enterprises, Ltd., d/b/a Mr. Rents (N.D. Ill.)
**Whiting Corp. v. White Machinery et al. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. J/B Industries (N.D. Ill.)
Medallion Instruments, Inc. v. Airguide Instruments, Inc. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**Bowthorpe-Hellermann Limited et al. v. Lynx, Inc. (D. Mass.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. Charles N. Egan et al. (D. Mass., 1st Cir.)
**The Richardson Chemical Co. v. Coral Chemical Co., Inc. et al. (Cal. Super. Ct., County of San Mateo)
**Richardson Graphics Co. v. Thurman P. Lambert et al. (Chancery Ct. of Madison County, Tenn.)
**All States Plastic Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Panduit Corp., Bowthorpe-Hellermann, Ltd., Bowthorpe Holdings, Ltd. and Tyton Corp. (Counter-claim in Panduit v. All States) (N.D. Ill.)
C.B. Fleet Co. v. Complete Packaging Corp., d/b/a Chemical Packaging Corp. et al. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**Geo. A. Hormel & Co. v. House of Raeford Farms, Inc. (M.D.N.C.)
**Morton Thiokol, Inc. v. Argus Chemical Corp. (E.D. La., Fed. Cir.)
Syva Co. v. Miles Laboratories, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Panduit Corp. v. Tyton Corp. (E.D. Wis.)
**Petersen Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Adjustable Clamp Co. (E.D. Ill.)
**Richardson Chemical Co. v. Thomas M. Reynolds, et al. (Chancery Ct. of Davidson County, Tenn.)
**James C. Wilborn & Sons, Inc. et al. v. Brandex Tilt Sash, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**Leach Co. v. General Sani-Can Manufacturing Corp. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**General Sani-Can Manufacturing Corp. v. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division et al. (U.S. Sup. Ct.)
Continental Can Co., Inc. v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Continental Can Co., Inc. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.)
**The Human Engineering Institute, Inc. v. The Welch Scientific Co. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir., U.S. Sup. Ct.)
**David R. Blake et al. v. Bassick Co. et al. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir., U.S. Sup. Ct.)
Watsco, Inc. v. Henry Valve Co. (S.D. N.Y., 2nd Cir., U.S. Sup. Ct.)
**Central Soya Co., Inc. v. George A. Hormel & Co. (Fed. Cir.)
**Mold-Masters Limited v. Melt Master, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Jomac, Inc. v. The Richardson Co. (E.D. Pa.)
Parrish’s Cake Decorating Supplies, Inc. v. Wilton Enterprises, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill.)
**Ransberg Electro-Coating Corp. v. King Industries Enameling Division (N.D. Ill.)
SCM Corp. v. Brother International Corp. (N.D. ILL, S.D. N.Y.)
**The Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. Beckman Instruments, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Woodstream, Inc. v. Trophy Products, et al. (S.D. Tex.)
**J.P. Aldworth et al. v. Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. (Cir. Ct. of Cook County, IL (Chancery Div.))
**Richardson Graphics Co. v. London Litho Aluminum Co., Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Richardson Graphics Co. v. Citiplate, Inc. et al. (W.D. Tenn.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. McKelvy (D. Colo.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. Industrial Vacuum Engineering et al. (N.D. Cal.)
**Lincoln Diagnostics, Inc. v. Farris Laboratories, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. Leybold-Heraeus GmbH & Co. K.G. (W.D. Pa.)
**Mars, Inc. v. Dove Cottage Ltd. (USPTO (Opposition))
**Takeshi Nii et al. v. Ida Stein & Associates et al. (N.D. Ill.)
**Lea-Ronal, Inc. v. The Richardson Co. et al. (N.D. Ill.)
**Didactic Corp. v. Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. (N.D. Ohio)
**Minami International Corp. v. Bethlehem Lights, Inc. et al. (S.D.N.Y.)
**The Richardson Co. et al. v. Lee-Ronal, Inc. et al. (E.D.N.Y.)
**Sargent-Welch Scientific Co. v. Frank W. Behre (Cir. Ct. of Cook County, IL. (Chancery Div.))
**Kehe et al. v. Kornelis (USPTO (Interference))
**Webb v. Osborne (USPTO (Interference))
**Tredegar Industries, Inc. v. Ivex Packaging Corp. et al. (E.D. Va.)
**Fotis & Son Imports, Inc. v. Spartan Bros. et al. (N.D. Ill.)
**Golden Bay Enterprises, Inc. v. Roman, Inc. (E.D.N.Y.)
**Osgood Industries, Inc. v. B.W.I. Fords Holmatic, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
Lampi, LLC v. U.S. Energy Technologies, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Harrigan Roller Co., Inc. et al. v. Charlotte E. Walsch (Cir. Ct. of Baltimore City)
**Heilman v. Curiel v. Gaylor (USPTO (Interference))
General Housewares Corp. v. MetroThebe, Inc. d/b/a/ Metro Marketing (N.D. Ill.)
**Innovative Design Enterprises, Inc. v. Circulair, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Mold-Masters Ltd. v. Melt Design, Inc. (N.D. Ill.)
**Marusiak v. Adjustable Clamp Co. (N.D. Ill.)
**Carson Pirie Scott v. Peter Pan Restaurants, Inc. (Carson’s Ribs) (N.D. Ill.)