Middleton, Inc. v. MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, (also known as 3M Company)

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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MIDDLETON, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING
COMPANY,
(also known as 3M Company)
Defendant-Appellee.
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2012-1283
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Iowa in No. 03-CV-40493, Judge
Mark W. Bennett.
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JUDGMENT
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G EORGE C. SUMMERFIELD, J R., Stadheim & Grear
Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, agued for the plaintiff-appellant.
With him on the brief were J OSEPH A. G REAR and K EITH
A. VOGT .

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D AVID J.F. G ROSS , of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for defendant-appellee.
With him on the brief were J AMES W. P ORADEK, T IMOTHY
E. G RIMSRUD, CHRISTOPHER J. BURRELL and K ATHERINE S.
RAZAVI.
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, L OURIE and MOORE,
Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
February 21, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk

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