Legal Opinion
Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. v. Pacific Diesel Brake Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 28, 2006No. 3:93CV1093RNCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
In 1989, defendant Pacific Diesel Brake Co. was issued U.S. Letter Patent No. 4,848,289 (“the ’289 patent”) for a method and apparatus for retarding engines. In 1993, plaintiff Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. (“Jacobs”) sued Pacific Diesel Brake Co. and its assignees (collectively “Pacbrake”) for a declaratory judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of the ’289 patent. Pacbrake filed a counterclaim asserting that Jacobs directly infringed the ’289 patent and supplied components to foreign manufacturers who combined the components in a way that…
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