Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Thermo-Ply, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION TO VACATE

RON CLARK, District Judge.

Plaintiff The Ohio Willow Wood Company (“OWW”) filed suit against Defendant Thermo-Ply, Inc. alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 7,291,182 (“the '182 patent”). This court granted Thermo-Ply’s motion for summary judgment, holding that most of the claims of the '182 patent were invalid as obvious, and entered Final Judgment.

Both parties appealed. As part of the Federal Circuit’s mediation program 1 , the parties were ordered to participate in mandatory mediation. The parties reached a settlement…