Legal Opinion
Holmes Group, Inc. v. Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 28, 2002No. CIV.A.02-40063-NMGPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, The Holmes Group, Inc. (“Holmes”), a closely held Massachusetts corporation headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts, markets a product called the “Odor Grabber”, a plug-in air cleaner. Defendant, Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex, Inc. (“Hamilton”), a public corporation with its principal place of business in Virginia, markets a product known as the “TrueAir Plug-Mount Odor Eliminator”, also a plug-in air cleaner, in connection with which it has been issued United States Patent No. 6,328,791 B1 (“the ’791 patent”). This case arises out of Holmes’…
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