Legal Opinion
Engineered Products Co. v. Donaldson Co., Inc.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided August 12, 2004No. C 98-2106 MWBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING EQUITABLE DEFENSES AND POST-TRIAL MOTIONS
BENNETT, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.1018
A. Factual Background.1018
B. Trial And Post-Trial Proceedings.1020
II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1022
A. Donaldson’s Equitable Defenses.1022
1. Double patenting .1022
2. Estoppel and laches.1023
a. Estoppel.1023
i. Arguments of the parties.1023
ii. Applicable standards .1024
iii. Analysis.1025
b. Laches.1027
i. Applicable standards .1027
ii. Arguments of the parties.1028
iii. Analysis.1028
B. Donaldson’s Post-trial Motions.1029
1. Standards for judgment as a matter of law.1029
2.…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Engineered Products Co. v. Donaldson Co., Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2004