Donnelly Corp. v. Gentex Corp.

OPINION

ENSLEN, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motions of both Plaintiff Donnelly Corporation and Defendant Gentex Corporation to preclude the other from introducing certain evidence at the upcoming jury trial of this matter. Of the many motions, most will be denied, some will be granted and others will be granted in part and denied in part.

I

This controversy stems from the United States Patent Office’s grant of a patent for a “Perimeter Coated Electro-Optic Mirror” to Donnelly Corporation on November 19,1991. The inventors of this device, Niall Lynam and Richard Gahan (who…