Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit September 11, 1973, 73-1022 (B & J Manufacturing Company v. Solar Industries, Inc.)

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Solar Industries, Inc., sought a declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 2201, that a patent owned by the defendant for a “tire bead seater” was invalid and/or was not infringed by the plaintiff. Service of process on the defendant was obtained pursuant to Minnesota’s “long-arm” statutes, M.S.A. §§ 303.13

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and

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543.19,

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as permitted by Rule 4(e), Fed. R.Civ.P.