Legal Opinion
Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided November 8, 1993No. 90-70987PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING USE OF ADVISORY JURY
ROSEN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case is an action for infringement of a patent covering a lighting fixture for buses. Plaintiff, Transmatic Inc., filed its original complaint on April 10, 1990 requesting injunctive relief and damages; Plaintiff also made a demand for a jury trial.
After a lengthy and laborious period of discovery and pre-trial motions, this Court on March 31, 1993, granted partial summary judgment to Plaintiff on the issue of the patent’s validity over prior art, holding that the patent-in-suit was not obvious from…
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