Legal Opinion

Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v. the Toro Company

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 16, 2017No. 2016-2433; 2016-2514PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction precluding The Toro Company and Exmark Manufacturing Co., Inc. from making, using, selling, and offering to sell lawnmowers equipped with platform suspension systems that infringe U.S. Patent No. 8,186,475 (“the ’475 patent”). We affirm.

Background

Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc., d/b/a Scag Power Equipment (“Scag”), manufactures commercial riding lawnmowers. To improve its mowers, Scag developed a suspended operator platform, which…

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