Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Gerber Products Co.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 27, 2007No. 02-2249-JWLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Mark A. Freeman and Timothy K. Stringer own United States Patent No. 5,186,347 (the '347 patent), which is a patent for a spill-proof closure used in dispensing liquid beverages. They claim that sippy cups sold by the defendant Gerber Products Company infringe certain claims of the '347 patent. Gerber, in turn, claims that the '347 patent is anticipated and/or obvious in view of the prior art. The case was tried to a jury in December of 2006. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Gerber, finding Gerber’s products do not infringe the…
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