Legal Opinion
Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 20, 2001No. Civil Action 00-803-APublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this patent infringement suit, plaintiff, a German brake manufacturer, sues three competitors in the field of air disk brakes for willful infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,927,445 (the ’445 patent). The suit initially targeted only one allegedly infringing product manufactured, sold or imported by defendants, namely the Mark II air disk brake. Yet, in the course of discovery, a second allegedly infringing product, the Mark III air disk brake, was added to the suit. As is common in patent infringement suits, the parties dispute the meaning of various…
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- Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh, Plaintiff-Cross v. Dana Corporation, and Haldex Brake Products Corporation, and Haldex Brake Products AbCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
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- Cornell University v. Hewlett-Packard Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 2004
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