Legal Opinion
Zip Dee, Inc. v. Dometic Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 4, 1998No. 93 C 3200PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
This multifaceted and bitter dispute between Zip Dee, Inc. (“Zip Dee”) and Dom-etic Corporation (“Dometic”) has ranged across fully a dozen years and two lawsuits — one being between Zip Dee and A & E Systems, Inc. (“A & E”), the prede cessor of current defendant Dometic, and the other being this action. 1 Both lawsuits have implicated various aspects of intellectual property rights relating to the metal covers for awnings that provide shelter from the elements (both sunlight and rain) for the owners of recreational vehicles (when…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Zip Dee, Inc. v. Dometic Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1999