Legal Opinion
Pacific Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. Preview Furniture Corp.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided November 27, 1985No. C-81-111-GPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BULLOCK, District Judge.
This action arises from the alleged infringement by Preview Furniture Corporation (Preview), Furniture Marketing Specialists, Inc. (FMS), and Eli J. Ehrlich, the owner of both corporations, of two chair design patents held by Pacific Furniture Manufacturing Co. (Pacific). Defendants counter by alleging the invalidity of the patents. The following specific issues came before the court for trial without a jury:(a) Whether Pacific’s United States Design Patent No. 258,100 (’100 patent), embodied in its model 120 chair, is valid and, if so, whether…
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