Legal Opinion
BIC Leisure Products, Inc. v. Windsurfing International, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 6, 1988No. 83 Civ. 3774 (MEL)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
In this motion, part of an ongoing patent infringement action, BIC Leisure Products, Inc. (“BIC”) proposes to limit the theories upon which Windsurfing International, Inc. (“WSI”) may seek damages for infringement of its reissue patent for sailboards. Earlier proceedings established that, although BIC had infringed WSI’s patent, the infringement was not willful. Windsurfing International, Inc. v. Fred Ostermann, GmbH, 668 F.Supp. 812 (S.D.N.Y.1987). The motion is denied.
Background
WSI suggests a number of damage theories based on some form of “lost profit” theory, with a…
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