Pipe Liners, Inc. v. American Pipe & Plastics, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KENT, District Judge.
This is a patent infringement case in which Plaintiffs Pipe Liners, Incorporated (“Pipe Liners”), Hydro Conduit Corporation (“Hydro Conduit”), and Quail Pipe Corporation (“Qual Pipe”) allege that Defendants have infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 4,985,196 and 4,986,951, both of which are patent claims for installing thermoplastic pipeliners inside an existing pipe. Before the Court now is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Hydro Conduit for lack of standing to sue. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds that Defendants’ Motion should be DENIED.
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