Legal Opinion
Shanghai Meihao Electric, Inc. v. Leviton Manufacturing Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 30, 2004No. Civ. No. AMD 03-2137PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DAVIS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Shanghai Meihao Electric, Inc., a corporation of the People’s Republic of China, instituted this declaratory judgment action on July 23, 2003, seeking a declaration that its ground-fault circuit interrupter (“GFCI”) products do not infringe one or more of six patents held by defendant Levi-tón Manufacturing Co., Incorporated. The immediate impetus for the suit was Leviton’s institution of an infringement action in this court against one of plaintiffs United States distributors, USI Electric, Incorporated. By order entered on July 25, 2004, I formally…
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