Legal Opinion
Auto. Body Parts Ass'n v. Ford Global Techs., LLC
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided February 20, 2018No. Case No. 2:15–cv–10137PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LAURIE J. MICHELSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
The Automotive Body Parts Association effectively asks this Court to eliminate design patents on auto-body parts. Members of the ABPA import, make, and sell auto-body parts that are used to repair cars and trucks damaged in a collision. Ford Global Technologies, LLC holds a large portfolio of patents that protect the designs for body parts for Ford vehicles. The ABPA, on behalf of its members, filed this lawsuit asking this Court to declare that two of Ford's patents protecting the design of two F-150 body parts are either invalid or unenforceable. But…
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