Legal Opinion
MGA, INC. v. Centri-Spray Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided December 22, 1987No. Civ. 83-CV-2641-DTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PHILIP PRATT, Chief Judge.
OVERVIEW
Plaintiff MGA, Inc.’s (“MGA”) patent infringement action against defendant Cen-tri-Spray, Inc. (“Centri-Spray”) is before the court following a trial of issues relevant to Centri-Spray’s affirmative defense of laches and estoppel. MGA had claimed that two products of the defendant, its Rudlaff and Plumridge design mechanical accumulators 1 , infringe its U.S. Patent No. 3,570,656 (“’656”). Centri-Spray moved for summary judgment on that basis, and the court found that the plaintiff’s claim ydth regard to the Rudlaff based products…
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