Legal Opinion
Black & Decker (US) Inc. v. Catalina Lighting, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 28, 1997No. 1:96CV1577PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this patent infringement action, Black & Decker, 1 the owner of United States Patent No. 5,567,115 (the “115 patent”), sues Catalina Lighting, Inc. (“Catalina”) for direct infringement under 35' U.S.C. § 271(a) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. (“Westinghouse”) for inducing Catalina’s infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). 2 More specifically, the subject matter of the 115 patent is a flexible flashlight and Black & Decker claims Catalina made, used and sold an infringing product. Further, Black & Decker claims that Westinghouse induced this…
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