Legal Opinion

Twm Manufacturing Company, Inc., and Turner Quick-Lift Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Dura Corporation and Kidde, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 9, 1984No. 81-1530, 82-1265PublishedCited by 99 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee TWM Manufacturing Company, the owner of the Turner patent (No. 3,285,-621), brought this infringement suit against appellant Dura Corporation. 1 TWM claims that its patent, a design for a device to raise and lower an auxiliary axle and wheels, is infringed by Dura’s Model 1400 series suspension. The district court held that the patent was valid and denied Dura’s defense of laches and estoppel. The court granted TWM a permanent injunction prohibiting further infringement by Dura and ordered an accounting of the profits from the infringement. Nine…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
Aro Manufacturing Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by99 opinions

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