Legal Opinion

McIntire v. Sunrise Specialty Co.

District Court, E.D. California

Decided May 7, 2013No. CIV. S-11-2495 LKK/CKDPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Bryan C. Mclntire alleges that defendant Sunrise Specialty Co. infringed his toilet bowl design patent.1 Plaintiff now moves for summary judgment on the ground that no reasonable juror could fail to find that defendant’s bowl infringes his design. Defendant cross-moves for summary judgment on the ground that no reasonable juror could find that its bowl infringes plaintiffs patented design.

For the reasons that follow, the court concludes that under the applicable infringement and summary judgment standards, no reasonable juror could…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Ricci v. DeStefanoSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Gorham Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. Ortiz v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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