Legal Opinion
Robert W. Lee D/B/A Rollo-Laxer v. Dayton-Hudson Corporation D/B/A Target Stores and Matrix International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 3, 1988No. 87-1311PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert W. Lee, doing business as Rollo-Laxer, appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern Division, 1 holding that Mr. Lee’s United States Design Patent No. 259,142 is not infringed by the accused devices. We affirm.
OPINION
The question of infringement is a factual one, to be proven by preponderant evidence and to be reviewed on appeal for clear error. Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products Co., 793 F.2d 1279, 1282, 230 USPQ 45, 46 (Fed.Cir.1986).
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Appellant Lee’s patented design for a…
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