Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. v. Chicco USA, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) KOLCRAFT ENTERPRISES, INC. ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 09-CV-03339 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang CHICCO USA, INC. d/b/a ARTSANA USA ) INC., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Kolcraft Enterprises owns United States Patent No. 7,376,993 (the ’993 Patent), which covers methods and apparatuses related to infant play gyms. Kolcraft accused Artsana USA, Inc. of infringing this patent with its own line of infant play gyms. After many years of litigation, including before the Patent & Trademark…