Legal Opinion
Judkins v. HT Window Fashion Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 8, 2008No. 2007-1434PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNELLY, District Judge.
Appellee Ren Judkins sued appellant HT Window Fashion Corporation (“HT”) for infringement of Judkins’s patents relating to window coverings. HT counterclaimed for, among other things, unfair competition, alleging that Judkins violated section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), by sending HT’s customers and potential customers letters stating that an HT product infringed his patents.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denied HT’s motion for a preliminary injunction on the counterclaim. HT has appealed from the denial of…
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