Legal Opinion
THK America, Inc. v. NSK, LTD.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 17, 1996No. 90 C 6049PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASHMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case was brought by Plaintiff, THK America, Inc. (“THK”), charging Defendants, NSK, Ltd. and NSK Corporation (collectively, “NSK”), with willful infringement of U.S. Patents 4,040,679 (“ ’679 Patent”) and 4,253,709 (“ ’709 Patent”). NSK has counterclaimed that THK’s patents are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed. The alleged infringing devices are linear grids— devices which facilitate linear movement of an item along a fixed rail.
Discovery has been closed and in preparation for submission of final pretrial order…
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