Legal Opinion
National Diamond Syndicate, Inc. v. Flanders Diamond USA, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 31, 2003No. 00 C 6402PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ST. EVE, District Judge.
National Diamond Syndicate and Lewy Friedrich, N.V. have moved for summary judgment on the issues of invalidity, infringement and inequitable conduct relating to design patent no. 338,851 (“the ’851 patent”). Flanders Diamond USA and Kuwayama Europe, N.V. have moved to exclude and strike certain materials included with the motion for summary judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the motion for summary judgment and the motion to exclude and strike are both denied.
LEGAL STANDARD
Summary judgment is proper when “the pleadings, depositions,…
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