Legal Opinion
The Hertz Corp. v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 2, 2008No. Civil Action 07-11793-RGSPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
STEARNS, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
On February 19, 2007, plaintiffs The Hertz Corporation (Hertz) and TSD Rental LLC (TSD) filed a Complaint against competitors Enterprise Rent-a-Car Company (Enterprise) and The Crawford Group, Inc. (Crawford), asserting violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act (the Antitrust Complaint). The Antitrust Complaint took aim at a patent application filed by defendants in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in August of 2000. 1 Defendants countered with a motion to dismiss for lack of…
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