Legal Opinion

Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided November 2, 2007No. 04-73461PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT REGARDING RODDY PATENT

GERALD E. ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. and Lear Corporation (collectively “Lear”) commenced this suit in this Court on September 7, 2004, alleging that the “HomeLink” remote-control garage door opener product manufactured and sold by Defendants Johnson Controls, Inc. and Johnson Controls Interiors LLC (collectively “JCI”) infringes several patents owned by Lear. JCI, in turn, has asserted counterclaims of non-infringement and patent invalidity and/or…

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