Changzhou Kaidi Electrical Co. v. Okin America, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

CATHERINE C- BLAKE, District Judge.

Changzhou Kaidi Electrical Co. and Kaidi, LLC (together, “Kaidi”) seek a declaratory judgrpent that the KDPT005 linear actuator does not infringe United States Patent Number 5,927,144 (“the '144 patent”), which Dewert Okin GmbH owns by assignment and which it and Okin America, Inc. (together, “Okin”) practice via manufacture of the Okin Betadrive linear actuator. Okin, in turn, alleges that the KDPT005 infringes that patent. Okin now moves for summary judgment on its infringement claim, as it has once before. And Kaidi moves for partial summary…