Legal Opinion
Schnadig Corporation v. Gaines Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1980No. 77-1738PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the infringer of a design patent can use the income taxes and fixed expenses attributable to his infringing activities to reduce the amount of his “total profit” from the infringement which a design patentee can recover under 35 U.S.C. § 289 (1976).
I. FACTS
Plaintiff Schnadig obtained a design patent on a three piece Spanish motif sectional sofa suite. In Schnadig Corp. v. Gaines Mfg. Co., 494 F.2d 383 (6th Cir. 1974), this court affirmed the district court’s findings that Schnadig’s patent was valid and infringed by Gaines’…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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