Legal Opinion

GFI, Inc. v. Bean Station Furniture

District Court, M.D. North Carolina

Decided October 2, 2003No. CIV. 197CV01185PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

In November 1997, plaintiff GFI filed a patent infringement action against multiple defendants, including Bean Station Furniture and Futuristic, Inc. (“BS & F”). BS & F filed pendant state law counterclaims charging GFI with unfair trade practice and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage in violation of North Carolina common law. As a result of concurrent litigation in which another district court found GFI’s patent invalid, GFI dismissed its claims against BS & F and the other North Carolina defendants. BS & F’s state law…

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