Legal Opinion
Tate Access Floors, Inc. v. Interface Architectural Resources, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 20, 2002No. Civ. JFM-00-2543PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
Tate Access Floors, Inc., and Tate Access Floors Leasing, Inc. [collectively “Tate”], have brought this action against Interface Architectural Resources, Inc. [“Interface”], for infringement of U.S.Patent No. 4,625,491 [the 491 or Gibson patent], a patent for a design of an access floor panel with a specific type of trim around its edges. Previously, Tate successfully asserted rights under the same patent against a different defendant before this Court and the Federal Circuit. Tate Access Floors, Inc. v. Maxcess Techs., 222 F.3d 958 (Fed.Cir.2000) [Macccess]. On…
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